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13, Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP

7/2011/5639Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2012

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed dormer windows and lean-to extension

Received
23 November 2011
Council
Lake District
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 13, Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9DP
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents application form 115639af.pdf design and access statement 115639des.pdf bat survey 115639bat.pdf location plan 115639loc.pdf existing plans and elevations DEST44000.pdf proposed plans and elevations DEST44001.pdf Officer's report 2011_5639Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2011_5639DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Ambleside
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Lake District

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