Kendal council news
Kendal council news, newest first: decisions, budgets, council tax, bins and services, each linked to the council's own papers.
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Kendal empty shops: council could auction long-empty units
Nearly one in five Kendal town centre units is empty. On 10 November Cabinet decides whether the council can auction leases on shops left vacant over a year.
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Social care
Applethwaite Green care home decision put back again
Windermere's council care home will not learn its future on 27 October, and no new date is on the forward plan. The options, the costs and what scrutiny wants.
Homelessness
Manna House loses £12,000 council grant: the reasons given
Council officers ended the Kendal homeless charity's £12,000 a year grant without asking councillors. Here are the council's reasons, and how to help.
Roads
Kendal relief road dropped from government funding list
The Kendal Northern Access Route, a new road from the A591 to the A6, will not get government money. The council says it will ask ministers to explain why.
Planning
Kendal planning committee goes: single panel from 31 October
South Lakeland's planning committee is dissolved on 31 October. Most Kendal applications go to officers, and councillors lose the power to call them in.
Tour de France
Tour de France 2027 Windermere: £4m hosting deal signed
Stage 2 passes Bowness, the Lyth Valley and Milnthorpe on Saturday 3 July 2027. Hosting will cost £4.004m, and the council has now signed the agreement.
Roads
Burneside 20mph: 18 objections, order approved 15 October
Burneside's 20mph order was approved as advertised on 15 October despite 18 of 20 responses objecting. Here is every objection and the officers' answers.
Kendal
Cumbria bus consultation closed: what happens next for Kendal
The Cumbria bus reform questionnaire closed on 25 October and no findings date is set. What the study is, what it asked and why your Kendal buses stay the same.
Kendal
Kendal council sites for disposal: depot, County Hall, hub
Mintsfeet depot, County Hall, the Kendal East family hub site and land on Fowl Ing Lane are on the council's surplus list, plus Milnthorpe's old toilets.
Kendal
Heart of Kendal: £12.8m of £13m now due in one year
£1.366m of this year's Heart of Kendal budget moves to 2027/28, leaving £250,000 for 2026/27. Cabinet is asked to sign the change off on 8 September.
Parking
County Hall Kendal Parking: 3 Areas Cut, Order Approved
Areas 1, 2 and 4 of the County Hall car park in Kendal leave public use after the order was approved on 15 October. Area 5 stays as public parking.