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Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH

Granted Westmorland and Furness 2025/2475/FPA Full Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

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

Application record

Reference
2025/2475/FPA
Type
Full Application
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Approved with Conditions
Received
29 Dec 2025
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Decided
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Upper Kent
Parish
Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
LA8 9DH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Westmorland and Furness register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 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.

    Decided 7 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Dec 2025

    Received by Westmorland and Furness

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Approved with Conditions

  4. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

35 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Westmorland and Furness granted permission on 7 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH

    2025/2476/LBC Submitted 29 Dec 2025 0.1 miles away

    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.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 23 docs
  • Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH

    2025/2475/FPA Submitted 29 Dec 2025 0.1 miles away

    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

    Granted Full applications 35 docs
  • Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH

    2025/2476/LBC Submitted 29 Dec 2025 0.1 miles away

    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.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 23 docs
  • Fox Covert Laverock Hill Mealbank Kendal LA8 9EP

    2026/1725/TPO Submitted 2 Sep 2026 0.2 miles away

    South Lakeland District Council Tree Preservation Order No. 7 of 1977: felling of T1 (Larch) to promote understory growth and woodland management, with replacement planting of a native broadleaf tree; and pollarding of T2 (Sycamore), including habitat creation pruning to enhance biodiversity and encourage understory growth.

    Decided Trees 2 docs
  • Land west of the A685 Appleby Road Due north of entrance to Benson Hall KENDAL LA9 6PL

    2026/0895/PAPP Submitted 28 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

    Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for an agricultural storage building

    Granted Prior approval 9 docs
  • Land west of the A685 Appleby Road Due north of entrance to Benson Hall KENDAL LA9 6PL

    2026/0895/PAPP Submitted 28 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

    Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for an agricultural storage building

    Granted Prior approval 9 docs

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    Managers Accommodation 45-46 Stricklandgate Penrith CA11 7NH

    Change of Use from mixed use Sui Generis to Use Class C3 residential. Removal of concrete render to be replaced with a lime render.

    Received 7 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
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    Received 2 Jun, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 2026/1397/FPA Refused

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    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to short term holiday accommodation

    Received 9 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 2026/0068/FPA Granted

    Cambian Whinfell School 110 Windermere Road KENDAL LA9 5EZ

    Retrospective application for the retention of an existing raised decking area located to the rear of the property

    Received 13 Jan, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 2026/1060/FPA Granted

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    Partial removal of the existing planting bed and stone wall to create larger customer parking area

    Received 22 May, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications