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South Lakeland House Car Park Lowther Street Kendal LA9 4DQ

Awaiting decision Lake District National Park 2026/0180/FPA Full Application

Works: Extension

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Proposal

Installation of 4no new air-source heat pumps and extension of existing enclosure

As published by the council, reference 2026/0180/FPA

Application record

Reference
2026/0180/FPA
Type
Full Application
Status
Officer Consideration
Received
22 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Kendal Strickland and Fell
Parish
Kendal
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
LA9 4DQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Received by Lake District National Park

  2. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Lake District National Park took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Lake District National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Lake District National Park decided full applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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