Former Arnold Clark Vauxhall Garage Mintsfeet Road Kendal LA9 6NN
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of the former Arnold Clark Motor Dealership (Use Class Sui Generis) to a mixed-use development comprising Class B2 (General Industrial), Class B8 (Storage or Distribution), and Class E(g) (Offices, research and development of products or processes, and industrial processes suitable for residential areas without detriment to amenity) together with alterations to the external appearance of the building and associated site works.
- Received
- 3 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Ward
- Kendal Nether
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Arnold Clark Vauxhall Garage Mintsfeet Road Kendal LA9 6NN. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Kendal Nether. We hold 2,150 applications in total for the LA9 postcode area.
93% of full applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LA9 6NN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kendal
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Application expires
- 5 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Pells Yeat Farm Studio Hophouse Lane Kirkby Lonsdale LA6 2EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 parks, 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: Westmorland and Furness
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