Plot 6 Lowgate Levens Kendal LA8 8NJ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1702/OPA - Outline Application Officer Consideration

Proposal

Outline planning permission with all matters reserved for the erection of single dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 8 Nov 2026, from Westmorland and Furness's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

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 ↗
Also on the record
National park about 155 m away: Lake District; Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Levens built-up area; 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

Application type
Outline Application
Postcode
LA8 8NJ
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Levens and Crooklands
Parish
Levens
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter Winter Town Planning Services Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 62 of the 56-day target. Westmorland and Furness usually decides new homes by day 66.

Day 624 days to the predicted decision (day 66)
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
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
10 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:
Major dwellings

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