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Ambleside Backpackers Hostel, Iveing Cottage, Old Lake Road, AMBLESIDE, LA22 0DJ

7/2017/5052Full Planning applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 16 March 2017

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

Proposal

Two storey extension & internal alterations to form manager's accommodation and change of use of backpackers hostel to 2no. holiday lets

Received
22 December 2016
Council
Lake District
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ambleside Backpackers Hostel, Iveing Cottage, Old Lake Road, AMBLESIDE, LA22 0DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 84 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 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 0DJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents Application form ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf CS16 Statement CS16.pdf The location plan R56-1696-01-Location Plan.pdf Proposed plan R56-1696-03A-PROPOSED(1).pdf Existing plan R56-1696-02-Existing.pdf Design, access and heritage statement DESIGN_ACCESS_HERITAGE.pdf Biodiversity survey and report Bat Survey Backpackers Ambleside.pdf Highway Authority comments 5052ha.pdf Lakes PC comments lakespc.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.

  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    16 Mar

    Two storey extension & internal alterations to form manager's accommodation together with Change of Use of…

    ApprovedFull Planning applicationRelated7/2017/5181
  2. 2016
    22 Dec

    Two storey extension & internal alterations to form manager's accommodation and change of use of backpackers…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull7/2017/5052

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