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Coniston Institute, 15, Yewdale Road, Coniston, LA21 8DU

7/2010/5541Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2012

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of Institute first floor to 2 affordable homes for local occupancy. Extension at rear for storage and at front for circulation link. Other minor fenestration changes

Received
8 July 2010
Council
Lake District
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 554 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Coniston Institute, 15, Yewdale Road, Coniston, LA21 8DU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 691 days, 91 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 312 applications in total for the LA21 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Lake District were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA21 8DU
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coniston
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form 105541af.pdf Location plan 105541lp.pdf First floor (existing and proposed) 105541firstfl.pdf Ground floor (existing and proposed) 105541grfl.pdf Existing and proposed west & north elevations 105541wnele.pdf Existing and proposed east & south elevations 105541eastsele.pdf Officers Report 1 - 24 January 2011 10.5541_Delrep1.pdf Decision Notice 2010_5541DN.pdf Officer's report 2 2010_5541Delrep.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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