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Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL

7/2026/5219CLEUD - Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Granted

Proposal

Use of building as one holiday let (C3 dwellinghouse)

Received
24 April 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Upper Kent Ward
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, Kendal, LA8 9JL. Lake District has handled 309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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.

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 9JL
Application type
CLEUD - Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kentmere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026
Application expires
27 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
10003949513
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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