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4, Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP

7/2019/5522Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2019

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of single storey extension and conversion of roof providing roof level windows

Received
16 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside and Grasmere Ward
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 4, Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9DP
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2019
Consultation expiry
25 September 2019
Consultation end
25 September 2019
Target decision date
28 October 2019
Application expires
26 November 2019
Permission expires
28 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 September 2019
Site notice start
13 September 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08087736
UPRN
100110756771
Documents
12

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 3: High 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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