Lake District National Park - Removal of Permitted Development Rights for Recreational Campsites

LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015

ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION

NOTICE IS GIVEN that THE LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY has made a Direction under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended. The Direction was made on 1 October 2026.

The Direction applies to the removal of the following Permitted Development Rights:

Within the Lake District National Park, the use of any land as a recreational campsite, being development comprised within Class BC of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the said Order and not being development comprised within any other class.

The Direction shall come into force on 1 March 2028

The effect of the Direction is that permission granted by Article 3 of the General Permitted Development Order shall not apply to such development and such development may not be carried out within the National Park in accordance with the General Permitted Development Order 2015.

A copy of the Direction and of a map defining the area to which it relates may be seen at the offices of the Authority at Murley Moss Business Park, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL during office hours, or on the Authority’s website www.lakedistrict.gov.uk

If you wish to make representations about the Direction you may do so, before 16 November 2026, by email to planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk, or by post to Lake District National Park Authority, Murley Moss Business Park, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL.