Demolition of disused buildings in Carlisle park can go ahead
Cumberland Council ruled prior approval was not required.
Disused buildings in a Carlisle park can be demolished after planners at Cumberland Council ruled that prior approval was not required.
The application was for an aviary and stores at Hammond’s Pond in Blackwell Road and, according to the decision notice, the work must be carried out within five years.
The application form confirms that demolition of both buildings will be undertaken by mechanical means to remove structures and floor slabs/foundations.
A separate report states: “Demolition will take place with the excavator sited between the building and pond with the intention of the material to be loaded directly into waiting transport with no plans to stockpile any material on site.”
According to the report the spoil and rubble will be disposed off-site to a licensed recycling facility and the demolition phase will take one week and will also include the removal of leylandii trees and seven silver birch trees which are all in a poor condition.
It adds: “Following demolition the site will be levelled and reinstated with clean quarried stone, capped with compacted stone dust with new steel bow top railings to depot boundary.”
According to the report a significant tree planting programme, involving more than 300 trees, is set to take place across the Hammond’s Pond site for winter 2025/6.
The report concludes: “The buildings in question have been unused for over 10 years and the demolition of the buildings would not detrimentally affect the character and appearance of the area.
“The demolition of the buildings are acceptable and the prior approval of the authority would not be required for the method of demolition and any proposed restoration of the site.”