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Lesketh How, Rydal Road, AMBLESIDE, LA22 9BA

7/2018/5225Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 July 2018

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement retaining wall to existing western terrace, new bin store and bike shed, and gas governor enclosure.

Received
29 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside and Grasmere Ward
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Lesketh How, Rydal Road, AMBLESIDE, LA22 9BA. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in the Ambleside conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 9BA
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2018
Consultation expiry
13 June 2018
Consultation end
13 June 2018
Target decision date
15 July 2018
Application expires
22 August 2018
Permission expires
19 July 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Publicity

First advertised
31 May 2018
Site notice start
15 June 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06817910
UPRN
100110814285
Documents
17

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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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    3 Apr

    Non-material amendment to planning approval ref. 7/2016/5236

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside7/2018/5148
  2. 2018
    3 Apr

    Approval of details reserved by condition on planning application 7/2016/5236

    Complies with ConditionDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside7/2018/5172
  3. 2018
    29 Mar

    Replacement retaining wall to existing western terrace, new bin store and bike shed, and gas governor…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2018/5225

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    20 Oct

    1 x Group of Ash trees (listed as T1 in notification) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Ash tree (listed as T2 in…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2023/0148
  2. 2021
    10 Jun

    9 x Yew trees (as pictured in notification) - Crown raise to achieve statutory clearance over the highway.

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2021/0095
  3. 2020
    22 Dec

    1 x Ash tree (A1 in application) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Beech tree (A2 in appliation) - Reduce 1 x limb…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2020/0177
  4. 2019
    24 Sep

    T1-Fell 1 holly T2-Fell 1 holly G1-25% crown reduction on group of 4 yews G2-25% crown reduction of group of…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2019/0158
  5. 2019
    29 Jul

    Area G1: Rhododendron and Laurel - fell

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2019/0121
  6. 2017
    18 Jul

    Thin and respace trees less than 35cm in diameter removing no more than 5m3. Fell and remove rhododendron…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2017/0103

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