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Unit 1 Rothay Holme, Rothay Road, Ambleside, LA22 0EE

7/2016/5730Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 April 2017

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use to Sui Generis (Builders Merchants) and installation of security fencing and gates

Received
22 September 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 Rothay Holme, Rothay Road, Ambleside, LA22 0EE. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 21 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 0EE
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application Form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf statement ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.pdf location plan B70-1665 -01 Location Plan(1).pdf highway comment 720165730_Unit_1_Rothay_Holme_Rothay_Road_Ambleside_LA22_0EE.pdf Amended plan received 10 November 2016 5730_B70-1665-02A_Block_Plan.pdf Transport assessment 16.5730transport.doc Transport assessment B70-1665-02B_Block_Plan.pdf Parish Council comments lakes_23.11.pdf highway and local flood authority comments 720165730_Unit_1_Rothay_Holme_Rothay_Road_Ambleside_LA22_0EE.pdf revised location plan received 8 March 2017 B70-1665_-01A_Location_Plan.pdf revised block plan received 8 March 2017 B70-1665-02D_Block_Plan.pdf Officer's report 2016_5730Delrep.pdf Decision Notice 2016_5730DN.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

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