Contact us and advice surgeries
Planning enquiries
A Duty Planner is available 9.30 - 12.30pm Monday to Friday. Call 01539 724555 or in person at our head office in Kendal. This is a first come first served basis and no appointment is necessary. You can also email planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk
Please check in advance if you wish to contact a specific member of staff.
Where to send your application
Please send completed forms, together with fees, certificates and any additional information to the:
Development Management Support Team
Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal LA9 7RL
Advice surgeries
Our free planning surgeries allow you to get detailed planning information from a qualified planner. Surgeries are run on a ‘first come, first served basis’, with no appointment necessary. Please check in advance if you wish to see a specific member of staff. Future dates to be arranged.
Bowness
Bowness Planning Surgery is now postponed until further notice. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
A planning duty officer is available Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 12:30pm at our Murley Moss offices in Kendal. The officer is available to meet on a ‘first come, first served’ basis or to speak on the phone, on 01539 724555.
Gosforth
A monthly planning surgery is held on a Thursday between 12 noon and 1.30pm at the Gosforth Public Hall CA20 1EL on:
- 26 April
- 24 May
- 21 June
Future dates and venues will appear here.
Keswick
A weekly planning surgery is held at Registrar's Office, Keswick Town Council, 50 Main Street, Keswick CA12 5JS between 10 am and 12 noon every Wednesday.
April
- 4 April
- 11 April
- 18 April
- 25 April
May
- 2 May
- 9 May
- 16 May
- 23 May
- 30 May
June
- 6 June
- 13 June
- 20 June
- 27 June
Future dates and venues will appear here.
Ullswater
A monthly planning surgery is held on Tuesdays at:
Ullswater Information Centre, Glenridding in the Meeting Room between 11am and 12.30pm on:
- 17 April
- 15 May
- 12 June
Planning Aid
Planning Aid England provides free, independent and professional planning advice to communities and individuals who cannot afford to pay consultant fees. Planning Aid is entirely independent of the National Park Authority, although it complements the work we do.
The service will provide fifteen minutes of free professional advice to all callers. Eligible callers may then receive further advice through a network of professional volunteers, who give their services free of charge. For more details, please look at Planning Aid - England (opens in new window).
