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Our support team is available to answer your questions. Drop us a message, and we’ll respond as soon as we can. We're here Monday to Friday - 9.30am to 4pm.
We’re a friendly bunch here and we welcome visitors. You can find our Head Office just outside Kendal:
Lake District National Park Authority
Wayfaring House
Murley Moss Business Park
Oxenholme Road
Kendal
LA9 7RL
Map of our head office location (pdf)
Tel: 01539 724555
Our head office is fully accessible and has plenty of convenient parking including charging for electric vehicles.
Please be warned, our car park is also home to a group of friendly rabbits. Please proceed with great care.
We encourage people to travel sustainably. Our nearest railway station is Oxenholme which is only a 15 minute walk away or only three minutes by taxi.
Old Station Yard
Threlkeld
Keswick
CA12 4TT
Map to Northern Office location (pdf)
Saunderpot Depot
Lane Ends
Haverthwaite
LA12 8AB
Map to Southern Office location (PDF)
Rothay Holme Trading Estate
Rothay Holme
Ambleside
LA22 0HQ
Visit our media enquiries page for details.
Trail hunting is not currently permitted on land owned by the Lake District National Park Authority. Find out more on our Trail Hunting FAQs or email trailhunting@lakedistrict.gov.uk
Our LA9 7RL offices are in a business park in Kendal. The nearest lake is Windermere - please use the postcode LA23 1LJ or for a longer list including other lakes please look at: Postcodes for Sat Nav.
Our team work across multiple offices, remotely, and out in the national park. Please do not travel to our offices without appointment - you are likely to be disappointed and unable to meet a team member.
There is a duty planner available Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 12:00pm for general telephone advice, call 01539 724555.
Email us at planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk. If you are commenting on a planning application please quote the application reference number.
If you have a query about a current planning application, please contact the case planner. Case planner contact details are available here.
Please send your comments to planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk quoting the application reference number.
If you think a breach of planning control is taking place, please email planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk with address of the site (and a location plan if possible), the alleged breach, when it occurred and whether it is continuing, and the name of the owner or person undertaking the activity (if possible).
We will continue to take enforcement action when it is in the public interest, although many new investigations will take significantly longer than usual at the moment. Find out more about compliance and enforcement.
You can apply online using the Planning Portal.
If you want to apply by post, send your submission to:
Development Management Support Team
Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal LA9 7RL
All documents for all applications from 2011 onwards can be found on our website using the planning application search.
You can view documents for free at Murley Moss. This is by appointment only. Please phone 01539 724555
We can find and provide copies of documents for you, charges may apply. Please email planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk and we will tell you how long the search will take and what the charges are.
We want to provide high quality services at all times - please see What can you expect from us?. If you feel any aspect of our service has been at fault we want to know about it and investigate. A complaint can be any dissatisfaction you, or other members of the public, experience about the standard of a service we provide.
There are more details of our complaints policy and a complaints form in Complaints, comments and feedback.
Windermere
LA23 1FF
Directions and map to Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre (PDF)
www.conistonboatingcentre.co.uk
Lake Road
Coniston
LA21 8EW
conistonbc@lakedistrict.gov.uk
We run three information centres:
For contact details and area maps, please look at our Rangers page.
Please contact Cumbria Constabulary
For reporting byelaw issues or asking advice call
If they are busy, please leave your message and a contact number and they will call you back.
For more general information, please take a look at our Windermere section or contact our Information Centres
Anyone can film on public land. More details in filming and filming permissions page.
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