Planning application
118-120 Highgate Kendal LA9 4HE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of existing hostel (Use Class Sui Generis) to a large house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class Sui Generis) primarily to provide staff accommodation for the applicant’s employees.
As published by the council, reference 2025/2009/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2009/FPA
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Kendal Highgate
- Parish
- Kendal
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- LA9 4HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Westmorland and Furness
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18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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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