Land at Flosh Meadows, Cleator Data via plota.co.uk

4/26/2317/0F1 Pending

Proposal

Proposed residential development of no.51 houses and bungalows including infrastructure, landscaping and bng uplift Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 07:25

Application progress

✓

Received

9 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 8 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Copeland's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 32

Statements & assessments 14

PDF Design & Access Statement Design & Access Statement View ↗ PDF Arbor Method Statement Arbor Method Statement View ↗ PDF Transport Statement Transport Statement View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Biodiversity Net Gain View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Preliminary Ecological Appraisal View ↗ PDF S106 - Affordable Housing Statement S106 - Affordable Housing Statement View ↗ PDF Existing Drainage Plan Existing Drainage Plan View ↗ PDF Outline Foul & Surface Water Drainage Plan Outline Foul & Surface Water Drainage Plan View ↗ PDF Surface Water Drainage Catchment Plan Surface Water Drainage Catchment Plan View ↗ PDF Surface Water Drainage Exceedance Plan Surface Water Drainage Exceedance Plan View ↗ PDF Construction Management Plan for Sustainable Drainage Systems Construction Management Plan for Sustainable Drainage Systems View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment & Outline Drainage Strategy Flood Risk Assessment & Outline Drainage Strategy View ↗ PDF Operation & Maintenance Plan for Sustainable Drainage Systems Operation & Maintenance Plan for Sustainable Drainage Systems View ↗ PDF S106 Affordable Housing Statement S106 Affordable Housing Statement View ↗

Plans & drawings 14

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 8

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Special area of conservation 247 m away: River Ehen

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

SSSI 247 m away: River Ehen (Ennerdale Water to Keekle Confluence) SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Cleator Moor built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 16 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Copeland
Received: 9 Oct 2026
Validated: 9 Oct 2026
Parish: Cleator Moor
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Green Swallow North Limited

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 91-day target. Copeland usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 52.

prediction

Day 1972 days to the 91-day target

81%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Copeland in the last twelve months, from validation. Copeland decision record →

Cumberland

Planning Authority Score

4.9/10

Below average

#151 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Cumberland is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #239 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cumberland decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

96%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #9 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #30 of 296

50%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #239 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #189 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

128 decided (1-9 homes)

91%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

95%

Change of use approved

108 decided

1,169

Total decisions

49 refused in the year to March 2026