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Churchill Inn, 33 Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0BH

7/2016/5586Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 15 December 2016

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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Proposal

Upper floor extension to provide two letting bedrooms and extension to dining. Conversion of bar to self catering unit.

Received
25 August 2016
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside and Grasmere Ward
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Churchill Inn, 33 Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0BH. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Ambleside and Grasmere Ward. 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 0BH
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2016
Consultation expiry
23 November 2016
Consultation end
23 November 2016
Target decision date
22 December 2016
Application expires
29 November 2016
Permission expires
14 December 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents bat survey (over 1mb) The_Churchill_Inn_Scoping_Survey_October_2016.pdf Application form 5586af.pdf Design and access statement 5586da.pdf Existing and proposed plans 5586plans.pdf Site location plan 5586lp.pdf highway comments 720165586_-_Extension_for_letting_-_Churchukk_Inn_Ambleside.pdf Parish Council comments lakes_23.11.pdf Officer's report 2016_5586Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2016_5586DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 November 2016

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000024813
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ambleside
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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© 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.

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