There a number of commercial uses in close proximity to the site, including the Biffa Service Centre, Carlisle Registration Office, Carlisle Archives Centre, and Aldi Supermarket. Harraby Green Business Park is directly opposite the land over the River Petteril. There are also a number of retail operators on Petteril Bank Road nearby to the land, where the Spar are situated. Carlisle City Football Club are also located adjacent to the subject land. The site is situated in-between two of Carlisle’s main residential areas in Harraby and Upperby. The City of Carlisle has a residential population of 75,000, a wider city population of around 108,000 and an estimated catchment population of 235,000. As well as being the dominant shopping location, it is also the administrative centre in Cumbria and the Borders.