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Smallwood House Hotel, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ

7/2018/5026Full Planning applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 24 January 2018

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

Proposal

Section 73 application for minor material amendment to planning application 7/2017/5246 (additional storey to stair tower) to increase the stairwell structure to accommodate a lift & provide a level entrance from the car park

Submitted
15 January 2018
Council
Lake District
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smallwood House Hotel, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 9 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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 9DJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Plans and Documents application form 5026af.pdf location plan (2mb) 5026lp.pdf lower ground floor (2mb) HPSCANNER1333.pdf upper ground floor (2mb) HPSCANNER1334.pdf first floor (2mb) HPSCANNER1335.pdf second floor (2mb) HPSCANNER1336.pdf third floor (2mb) HPSCANNER1337.pdf section (2mb) HPSCANNER1338.pdf existing elevations (2mb) HPSCANNER1339.pdf proposed elevations (2mb) HPSCANNER1340.pdf Find out more about commenting on an application Swift LG Ltd © 2007 HTS Name: wphappdetail01-default.hts Logical ID: WPHAPPDETAIL

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    15 Jan

    Section 73 application for minor material amendment to planning application 7/2017/5246

    This applicationWithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)7/2018/5026
  2. 2017
    22 Jun

    Additional storey to stair tower to improve ergonomics

    ApprovedFull Planning applicationPart of7/2017/5246

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    10 Mar

    Rear extension of Smallwood House and the formation of 1 no. one bedroom apartment, parking undercroft and…

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2020/5160
  2. 2019
    10 Jul

    Removal of conditions 3 (basement details) & 5 (energy supply) on planning application 7/2016/5672

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)7/2019/5444
  3. 2016
    30 Sep

    Change of use from hotel (C1) to residential (C3) to facilitate the development of up to five apartments…

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2016/5672
  4. 2015
    23 Nov

    Change of use from hotel (C1) to residential (C3) to facilitate the development of up to five apartments…

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2015/5477
  5. 2013
    14 Oct

    Alterations to fourth storey dormer windows on front elevations and replacement of dilapidated windows to…

    RefusedFull Planning application7/2013/5612

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