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United Reform Church Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UW

Awaiting decision Westmorland and Furness 2024/2292/FPA Full Application

Works: New dwelling Domestic

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Proposal

Change of use of former United Reform Church into 6no residential flats and the erection of a single linked dwelling in the car park. Part retrospective.

As published by the council, reference 2024/2292/FPA

Application record

Reference
2024/2292/FPA
Type
Full Application
Status
Officer Consideration
Received
3 Dec 2024
Validated
19 Feb 2025
Ward
Penrith North
Parish
Penrith
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
CA11 7UW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Dec 2024

    Received by Westmorland and Furness

  2. 19 Feb 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 April 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Westmorland and Furness took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

68 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Westmorland and Furness for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westmorland and Furness decided full applications in a median of 98 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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