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Land North of Meadowbank Business Park Shap Road KENDAL LA9 6NY

Awaiting decision Westmorland and Furness 2025/2124/OPA Outline Application

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Proposal

Application for outline planning permission (with all matters reserved) for an employment development, comprising Storage & Distribution (Use Class B8) and Industrial (Use Classes B2 and E(g)(iii)) uses with supporting Food and Beverage (Use Class E(b)), and associated landscaping, highway works, cycleway and footpath linkages and other ancillary infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 2025/2124/OPA

Application record

Reference
2025/2124/OPA
Type
Outline Application
Status
Officer Consideration
Received
3 Nov 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Upper Kent, Kendal Nether
Parish
Kendal, Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
LA9 6NY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Received by Westmorland and Furness

  2. 22 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 February 2026, 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

157 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 outline applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Awaiting decision Outline 157 docs

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