Land adjacent to Over Cotes Access Road to Waistcotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1665/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused
New homes

Proposal

Permission in principle for one dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
25 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
National park about 78 m away: Lake District
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; Inside the Levens built-up area; Priority habitat about 11 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Westmorland and Furness
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
LA8 8NZ
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Levens and Crooklands
Parish
Levens
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refused
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Oakmere Homes (Northwest) Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 31 days faster than Westmorland and Furness's median of 66 for new homes. Refused, as 21% of new homes here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
19 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

18 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Plot 1 on land south of Wayside Cottage Hutton Lane Cotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ
Variation of Condition 1 (approved plans for plot 1 only) attached Reserved matters appro…
2024/0667/FPA
2024 Approved
Plot 1 on land south of Wayside Cottage Hutton Lane Cotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ
Variation of Condition 1 (approved plans for plot 1 only) attached Reserved matters appro…
2024/0667/FPA
2023 Approved
Plot 3 Land to south of Wayside Cottage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Erection of a single dwelling with basement garage and associated site works
SL/2023/0351
2023 Approved
Plot 3 Land to south of Wayside Cottage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Erection of a single dwelling with basement garage and associated site works
SL/2023/0351
2022 Approved
Humblebee House, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission SL/2022…
SL/2022/0800
2022 Approved
Humblebee House, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission SL/2022…
SL/2022/0800
2022 Approved
Plot 2 Land to south of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8NZ
Erection of a single dwelling, garage and associated site works
SL/2022/0123
2022 Approved
Plot 2 Land to south of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8NZ
Erection of a single dwelling, garage and associated site works
SL/2022/0123
2020 Approved
Land to South of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Discharge of conditions 4 (surface water & sewage),5 (hard and soft landscape) & 7 (contr…
SL/2020/0265
2020 Approved
Land to South of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Discharge of conditions 4 (surface water & sewage),5 (hard and soft landscape) & 7 (contr…
SL/2020/0265
2019 Approved
Land to the south of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Erection of 3 dwellings
SL/2019/0342
2019 Approved
Land to the south of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Erection of 3 dwellings
SL/2019/0342
2018 Approved
Benson Hall, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Part retrospective - Conversion, single storey extension and alteration of attached domes…
SL/2018/0883
2018 Approved
Benson Hall, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Part retrospective - Conversion, single storey extension and alteration of attached domes…
SL/2018/0883
2017 Approved
Benson Hall, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Conversion and alteration of attached domestic outbuilding into living accommodation, ins…
SL/2017/0991
2017 Approved
Benson Hall, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Conversion and alteration of attached domestic outbuilding into living accommodation, ins…
SL/2017/0991
2017 Refused
Box Tree Barn, Cinderbarrow, LEVENS, LA8 8NZ
Erection of dwelling
SL/2017/0306
2017 Refused
Box Tree Barn, Cinderbarrow, LEVENS, LA8 8NZ
Erection of dwelling
SL/2017/0306
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings