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Violet Bank, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PL

7/2011/5393Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 October 2011

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective planning consent for extension to existing building, location of new biodigester. Alteration to external staircase and alteration to proposed sliding doors on north elevation

Received
9 June 2011
Council
Lake District
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Violet Bank, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PL. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,502 applications in total for the LA22 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
LA22 0PL
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkshead
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents application form 115393af.pdf location plan 115393loc.pdf design and access statement 115393des.pdf plan one DEST43451.pdf plan two DEST43450.pdf elevations DEST43449.pdf site plan DEST43448.pdf Decision Notice 2011_5393Delrep.pdf Officer's report 2011_5393Delrep.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.

  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Esthwaite Water RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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