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Development Control Committee - 5 August 2026

Home Development Control Committee – 5 August 2026

Date: Wednesday 5 August 2026

Time: 10:00 am

Location: Boardroom, National Park Office, Wayfaring House, Murley Moss, Kendal, LA9 7RL.

 

Development Control Committee

 

The Committee will be livestreamed on YouTube apart from those agenda items which would infringe copyright or would not be dealt with in public for reasons of confidentiality.

Agenda

Business

  1. Appointment of Deputy Chair
  2. Apologies – To receive and record apologies from members of the Committee who cannot attend.
  3. Minutes – To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2026.
  4. Chair’s announcements
    The Chairman to announce to all attendees –

    • the fire safety instructions;
    • the meeting is being livestreamed and a digital recording of the meeting is made; and
    • that mobile phones be switched off.
  5. Declarations of interest – Members should declare any registrable interests or disclosable pecuniary interests and state the nature of those interests so it can be recorded in the minutes.  These interests are described in the Code of Conduct adopted by the Authority on 20 October 2021.
  6. Questions – To answer any questions raised under Standing Order 16(2) relating to the business of the Authority.
  7. Public participation – There are no public questions, petitions or deputations of a general nature relating to the business of the Committee for this meeting.
  8. Site inspections – The Head of Development Management to advise Committee of forthcoming planning applications where Members may wish to conduct a site inspection prior to making their decision in accordance with the Development Control Committee Site Visit Protocol. (See agenda document)
  9. Planning applications with public speaking – In accordance with the Policy for Public Attendance and Speaking at Committee Meetings, details of speakers who have given notice of their intention to make presentations to the Committee will be available at the meeting.  The schedule of planning applications will be re-ordered and these applications will be considered first.
  10. Schedule of planning applications – To consider planning applications as set out in the schedule.
  11. Delegated Planning Applications – To note the planning applications determined in accordance with the approved Scheme of Delegation.
  12. Delegated Compliance Matters – To note decisions taken on compliance in accordance with the approved Scheme of Delegation.
  13. Responses to Neighbouring Authorities – To note the following consultation responses have been made.  (See agenda  document)
  14. Appeals Lodged – To note that the following appeals have been lodged. (See agenda document)
  15. Appeals Decided – To note the following appeals have been decided. (See agenda document)
  16. Tree Preservation Orders made – To note the following Tree Preservation orders have been made. (See agenda document)
  17. Tree Preservation Orders confirmed – To note the following Tree Preservation Orders have been confirmed.

Papers

5 August 2026 DCC Agenda (pdf)
5 August 2026 Minutes of Development Control Committee held on 1 July 2026 (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.2074, Elm Lodge, Hesket Newmarket, Wigton (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.2104, 25, Bank Street, Keswick (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.3042, Howfoot, Pooley Bridge, Penrith (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.3046, Coast to Coast Field Barn, Rosgill, Penrith (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.3049, Eastward Farm, Bampton, Penrith (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.4020, Land adjacent to Falcon Place, Stockbridge Road, Eskmeals (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5112, Land to the south east of Sunny Bank Cottage, Little Langdale (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5170, Boatmans Cafe, Rectory Road, Bowness-on-Windermere (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5200, Wordsworth Hotel, Grasmere, Ambleside (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5215, St Annes Church, Ings, Kendal (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5248, Peacock Farm, Ashes Lane, Staveley, Kendal (pdf)
5 August 2026 Report on Planning Application 7/2026.5283, Clover Lea, Lickbarrow Road, Windermere (pdf)
5 August 2026 Delegated approvals (pdf)
5 August 2026 Delegated refusals (pdf)
5 August 2026 Delegated Committee (pdf)
5 August 2026 Delegated Compliance report (pdf)
5 August 2026 Appeal decisions (pdf)
5 August 2026 Schedule summary (pdf)

Access to Information - Local Government Act 1972 (As amended)

Agenda and Reports

Anyone can have a copy of the agenda and non-confidential reports before the meeting. These can be e-mailed as PDFs on request.

Background Papers

If you are attending the Committee, you can request a physical copy of a specific background paper and this will be available for you to collect in The Boardroom at Murley Moss on the day of the Committee. Please note: 48 hours’ notice is required if a hard copy of a report is requested. Papers can be emailed as PDFs on request. We cannot make background papers available for confidential papers.