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Extension to former RAF airfield building approved
AN extension to an office building can be built at the former RAF Kirkbride airfield near Wigton after the plans were approved by Cumberland Council. The planning application was for the airfield in Kirkbride and it was submitted by the Staffordshire-based Ed Weetman (Haulage & Storage). Planning permission was granted earlier this month, subject to conditions, and, according to the officer's report, the premises is an existing business which is located within an isolated position of the airfield. It states: 'The existing access to the site is via the existing runway with various large commercial buildings being within the vicinity.' During the consultation period, because the proposed development fell outside of MOD safeguard areas and did not affect other defence interests, the MOD therefore had no objection to the proposed development and the parish council also raised no objections. The report states that Kirkbride Airfield has the same status as open countryside and planning policy supports proposals for the expansion of existing buildings 'outside of the settlement hierarchy where it can be demonstrated it is an established business and it is not viable to relocate within the settlement hierarchy'. It concludes: 'The proposal is considered to comply with local and national policies and therefore considered acceptable. In the planning application the proposed structure is described as 'an office building associated with the existing business'. According to the document, which was validated by planning officers on Thursday, April 24, no extra parking spaces would be needed. The site covers an area 0.0075 hectares and it was proposed that the development would have a total internal floorspace of 75 square metres which represents an additional 60 square metres. It is proposed that it would be open from 8am, Monday to Saturday, and there are five existing employees at the business which uses general office equipment at the site.
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29-04-2025
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Former RAF Kirkbride airfield near Wigton could get new building
AN office building could be built at the former RAF Kirkbride airfield near Wigton if the plans are approved by Cumberland Council. The planning application for the airfield in Kirkbride has been submitted by the Staffordshire-based Ed Weetman (Haulage & Storage). In the application the proposed structure is described as 'an office building associated with the existing business'. According to the document, which was validated by planning officers on Thursday (April 24), no extra parking spaces would be needed. The site covers an area 0.0075 hectares and it is proposed that the development would have a total internal floorspace of 75 square metres which represents an additional 60 square metres. It is proposed that it would be open from 8am, Monday to Saturday, and there are five existing employees at the business which uses general office equipment at the site.
