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Land between Compston Street & St Marys Lane, Compston Street, AMBLESIDE, LA22 9FA

7/2016/5674Major full applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 3 August 2017

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

Proposal

1) Retention of 6 flats (Old Norse), 2) Retention of 4 dwellinghouses (Coachmans Terrace), 3) Retention of 2 flats & A1/B2 commercial unit (Coachmans Yard), 4) proposed 19 bed hostel (student/local worker) over ground floor mixed use A1/A3/A5 commercial unit (150m2)

Received
30 September 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 296 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land between Compston Street & St Marys Lane, Compston Street, AMBLESIDE, LA22 9FA. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 307 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 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 9FA
Application type
Major full application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf Planning statement Planning Statement.pdf Heritage statement Heritage Statement.pdf Contaminated land report (2 of 2) Contaminated Land - (2 of 2).pdf Contaminated land report (1 of 2) Contaminated Land - (1 of 2).pdf CS16 statement CS16_Compliance_Statement.pdf parish council comments Lakes_Parish_Council_Planning_decisions_2_November.pdf Highway comments 5674HA.pdf Elevations received 11 November 2016 5674_elevations.pdf First floor plan and visuals received 11 November 2016 5674_first_floor_and_visuals.pdf Ground floor and visuals received 11 November 2016 5674_Ground_floor_and_visuals.pdf Roof and sections received 11 November 2016 5674_roof_and_sections.pdf Second floor plan and visuals received 11 November 2016 5674_Second_floor_and_visuals.pdf Third floor plan received 11 November 2016 5674_third_floor.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
14

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 2: Medium 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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