41 & 41a St Helens Street, Cockermouth, CA13 9HX Data via plota.co.uk

FUL/2026/0100 - Full planning permission In Review

Proposal

Demolition of existing single storey extension and erection of two storey extension of the same footprint Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 4 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Oct 2026, from Allerdale's recent full applications.

Site constraints 10

19 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 26-34, St Helens Street, Grade II, about 9 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 19 with distances
Historic England ↗
Cockermouth conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 53 m away: Tute Hill motte
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation about 219 m away: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 219 m away: Buttermere SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Cockermouth built-up area; Flood defence about 40 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 20 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Allerdale
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
CA13 9HX
Received
around 4 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
Cockermouth North
Parish
Cockermouth CP
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Gavin Taylor

Decision outlook

Day 65 of the 56-day target. Allerdale usually decides full applications by day 70.

Day 655 days to the predicted decision (day 70)
37%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
141decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Allerdale in the last twelve months, from validation. Allerdale decision record →

Public comments

4comments received
3 neutral1 supporting

25% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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