Isel, Cockermouth, CA13 9ST Data via plota.co.uk

7/2026/2136 - Notification of Intention (Agricultural, Q6g) Approved

Proposal

Agricultural storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2026
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Validated
24 Jul 2026
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Consultation
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Site constraints 15

Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsPolicy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictPolicy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyPolicy 03 Support - Development and floodingPolicy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapePolicy 04 Support - Biodiversity and geodiversityPolicy 06 Support - Design and developmentPolicy 07 Support - Historic environment
Lake District National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
World heritage site: The English Lake District
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Area of special control for advertsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 03 Support - Development and floodingCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapeCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 04 Support - Biodiversity and geodiversityCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 06 Support - Design and developmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Policy 07 Support - Historic environmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 32 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Application type
Notification of Intention (Agricultural, Q6g)
Postcode
CA13 9ST
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
Parish
Blindcrake
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required (NOI)
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Edwin Thompson

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 6 days slower than Lake District's median of 49 for agricultural works. Approved, as 89% of agricultural works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14972167
Site or press notice
5 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2026