National Trust Car Park, Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8DZ
Approved on 23 April 2026
Council decision: Approved Unconditionally
Proposal
Non-material amendment to application 7/2025/5628 (Installation of 6 no. electric vehicle charging upstands, 1no. substation and 1no. feeder pillar including installation of associated underground cabling to an existing underground point of connection) for relocation of feeder pillar
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Levens and Crooklands Ward
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated1 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Apr
Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at National Trust Car Park, Sizergh Castle, Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8DZ. Lake District has handled 309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker 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 4 applications across Levens and Crooklands Ward. We hold 626 applications in total for the LA8 postcode area.
74% of amendment 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 8DZ
- Application type
- Non material amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Helsington
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
- Application expires
- 30 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 29 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14805904
- UPRN
- MAN000000000007260
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National park: Lake District
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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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