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Upper Kent Ward planning approval rate

Upper Kent Ward ward in Lake District NPA has a 91.8% approval rate based on 85 planning decisions. Lake District NPA overall: 90.8%.

Last updated: September 2026

91.8%
ward approval rate
85
Decisions
78
Approved
7
Refused
90.8%
Lake District NPA average

Upper Kent Ward is broadly in line with the Lake District NPA average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.

How Upper Kent Ward compares

Upper Kent Ward ward (85 decided)
91.8%
Lake District NPA overall (24,820 decided)
90.8%
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Recent decisions in Upper Kent Ward

7/2026/5438
Erection of a general purpose agricultural building · 2026-09-03
Approved
7/2026/5215
Installation of solar panels to roof · 2026-08-06
Approved
7/2026/5248
Proposed midden and welfare structure extension to existing livestock structure · 2026-08-06
Approved
7/2026/5078
New extension, new and altered openings and external works to create terrace · 2026-07-29
Approved
7/2026/5240
Single-storey front extension to replace existing conservatory · 2026-06-30
Approved

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Other wards in Lake District NPA

Ambleside and Grasmere Ward (92.7%) Keswick Ward (92.5%) KESWICK WARD (91.7%) Ambleside & Grasmere Ward (87.9%) Bowness & Levens Ward (90.4%) Broughton & Coniston Ward (88.7%) Hawkshead Ward (95.0%) Lyth Valley Ward (93.5%) Staveley-in-Cartmel Ward (92.1%) ULLSWATER WARD (94.6%) Staveley-in-Westmorland Ward (91.4%) CRUMMOCK WARD (86.6%)
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