Kendal planning news
Kendal planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Shap Road Business Park in Kendal Recommended for Approval
Planners back up to 49,507 sq m of industry and warehousing on fields north of Meadowbank, Kendal. Councillors decide on 12 November.
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Lake District Pop-Up Campsites to Need Planning From 2028
Pop-up campsites anywhere in the Lake District will need planning permission from 1 March 2028. Comments on the national park's direction close on 16 November.
Planning
High Sparrowmire: council to option open space to Persimmon
The council gave notice on 24 September that it intends to option public open space at High Sparrowmire to Persimmon, whose 143-home plan awaits a decision.
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.
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Kendal Parks 160 homes approved with two votes in favour
Councillors approved up to 160 homes at Kendal Parks by two votes to none, with three abstaining. The minutes show doubt that so many could be built.
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Kendal Parks 160 homes: what the committee was asked to decide
The Kendal Parks 160 homes plan was approved on 17 September by two votes to none, with three abstentions. What the scheme includes, and who objected.
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Arnold Clark site, Kendal: self-storage decision Thursday
Officers back self-storage in part of the empty Mintsfeet Road garage, against objections from the council's own highways and flood teams. Decision Thursday.