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Barn to west of Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL

7/2025/5597Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of agricultural barn to studio annex

Received
23 October 2025
Council
Lake District
Ward
Upper Kent Ward
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 208 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Barn to west of Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 208 days, 22 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Upper Kent Ward. We hold 626 applications in total for the LA8 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Lake District were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA8 9JL
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kentmere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Application expires
13 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
141 days

Publicity

First advertised
6 November 2025

Additional information

UPRN
10003949513
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Oct

    Conversion of agricultural barn to studio annex

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2025/5597
  2. 2025
    23 Oct

    Conversion of agricultural barn to studio annex

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside7/2025/5598

Source: Lake District

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