139 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Approved on 23 October 2018
Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of ground floor retail shop (Class A1) to self-contained flat (Class C3)
- Received
- 13 August 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation28 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 139 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Kendal conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. 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 4EN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kendal
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 28 September 2018
- Consultation start
- 21 August 2018
- Consultation end
- 28 September 2018
- Application expires
- 24 October 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- , The Studio, , DURHAM, DH1 4LT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 72 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 September 2018
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Kendal
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20202 Apr
Rebuild chimney stack at Southern boundary with 141 Highgate
ApprovedFull ApplicationSL/2020/0243 - 20187 Jun
Discharge of condition 3 (windows & doors) attached to planning permission SL/2017/1044
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONSDischarge of conditionsSL/2018/0488 - 201823 Jan
External store within the curtilage of lower ground floor apartment to provide storage for wheelchair and…
ApprovedFull ApplicationSL/2018/0069 - 201715 Nov
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission SL/2013/1102
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)SL/2017/1044
Source: Westmorland and Furness
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