Coppice Howe Skelsmergh KENDAL LA8 9AQ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0554/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for change of use of former agricultural buildings in use as domestic store buildings into 3 dwellings and associated garages (Use class C3). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Mar 2026
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Validated
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Special area of conservation about 58 m away: River Kent
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI about 58 m away: River Kent and Tributaries SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £860,000 in September 2021. Detached house, freehold.

17 September 2021£860,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
LA8 9AQ
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
Upper Kent
Parish
Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approved
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tape Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 181 days from validation, 114 days slower than Westmorland and Furness's median of 67 for listed building works. Approved, as 90% of listed building works here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
97decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
25 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
1 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Sept 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.