3 Kirkbie Green KENDAL LA9 7AJ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1561/HOU - Householder Officer Consideration

Proposal

Installation of solar panels on the north-east and south-west roof elevations with storage batteries on an outside rear wall under a covered area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Oct 2026 and 29 Oct 2026, from Westmorland and Furness's recent householder applications. The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Kendal conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Special area of conservation about 212 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.
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
SSSI about 212 m away: River Kent and Tributaries SSSI; 9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Scheduled monument about 235 m away: Kendal Castle and associated earthworks, and earlier ringwork; Inside the Kendal built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 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 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 3

Last sold for £365,000 in May 2017. Detached house, freehold.

30 May 2017£365,000
15 September 2008£330,000
18 December 1998£129,750New build

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
Householder
Postcode
LA9 7AJ
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Kendal Nether
Parish
Kendal
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 39 of the 56-day target. Westmorland and Furness usually decides householder applications by day 59.

Day 3920 days to the predicted decision (day 59)
43%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
184decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Sept 2026
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Oct 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

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