Gowan Bank Cottage, Main Street, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9LN
Approved on 8 April 2026
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of rear lean-to porch and construction of single storey kitchen/diner extension, alterations to existing window to form new main entrance doorway and construction of new timber and stone open entrance porch, internal alterations, construction of new garden store and creation of new gravelled parking area
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Upper Kent Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Apr
- DecidedDecided8 Apr
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Gowan Bank Cottage, Main Street, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9LN. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9LN
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Staveley with Ings
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 April 2026
- Application expires
- 26 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 3 March 2036
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14719542
- UPRN
- MAN000000000002901
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Staveley
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Kent SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage 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, 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.
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Source: Lake District
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