Station Inn Oxenholme Kendal LA9 7RF Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1214/FPA - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of timber decking & covered seating area (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jun 2025
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Validated
2 Jul 2025
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Appeal allowed
14 Apr 2026
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Approved
14 May 2026

Approved on 14 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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; Inside the Oxenholme built-up area; Open access land about 43 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 15 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
LA9 7RF
Received
26 Jun 2025
Validated
2 Jul 2025
Ward
Kendal South, Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
Parish
Kendal, New Hutton
Case officer
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Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 14 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001352 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
MAC Dzign Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 316 days from validation, 243 days slower than Westmorland and Furness's median of 73 for full applications. Approved, as 93% of full applications here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
315decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Aug 2025
Comments by
6 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
10 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
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
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