Planning application
Faraday House Royal Arcade Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of first floor accommodation from commercial (class E) to residential (class C3).
As published by the council, reference 2026/0778/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0778/FPA
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Officer Consideration
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Ward
- Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
- Parish
- Kirkby Stephen
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CA17 4QN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Apr 2026
Received by Westmorland and Furness
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14 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 July 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
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About full applications
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