Planning application
2025/2475/FPA
Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Proposal
Change of Use of the former Presbytery and St Robert and St Alice Chapel to provide a centre for respite care, incorporating staff accommodation & religious chapel (Use Class Sui Generis) including the provision of workshops and meeting facilities within the former barn
As published by the council, reference 2025/2475/FPA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Dec 2025
Received by Lake District National Park
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7 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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2025/2475/FPA Granted
Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Change of Use of the former Presbytery and St Robert and St Alice Chapel to provide a centre for respite care, incorporating staff accommodation & religious chapel (Use Class Sui Generis) including the provision of workshops and meeting facilities within the former barn
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2025/2476/LBC Granted
Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including replacing two east elevation windows with timber conservation-style casements, relocating the hallway door and adding a fire door, blocking the kitchen opening, creating en-suites to bedrooms 1–3, adding a new window and escape door to bedroom 3, and reconfiguring the first-floor shower room and en-suite to bedroom 6, with a new en-suite and wardrobe to bedroom 4.
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2025/2476/LBC Granted
Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including replacing two east elevation windows with timber conservation-style casements, relocating the hallway door and adding a fire door, blocking the kitchen opening, creating en-suites to bedrooms 1–3, adding a new window and escape door to bedroom 3, and reconfiguring the first-floor shower room and en-suite to bedroom 6, with a new en-suite and wardrobe to bedroom 4.
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2026/0895/PAPP Granted
Land west of the A685 Appleby Road Due north of entrance to Benson Hall KENDAL LA9 6PL
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for an agricultural storage building
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2026/0895/PAPP Granted
Land west of the A685 Appleby Road Due north of entrance to Benson Hall KENDAL LA9 6PL
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for an agricultural storage building
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