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Ghyll Head Farm, Crosthwaite, Kendal, LA8 8JB

7/2025/5676Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the remaining section of the attached barn and replacement of the existing link extension

Received
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Bowness and Lyth Ward
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Ghyll Head Farm, Crosthwaite, Kendal, LA8 8JB. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Bowness and Lyth 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 8JB
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Crosthwaite and Lyth
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Consultation end
31 December 2025
Target decision date
1 February 2026
Application expires
19 March 2026
Permission expires
18 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Publicity

First advertised
18 December 2025
Site notice start
17 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14504157
UPRN
MAN000000000008289
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, ancient woodland, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lake District

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