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Unit 3, 1st Floor (or Art Gallery, 1st Floor), 1 Church Street, Ambleside, LA22 0BU

7/2019/5703Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 December 2019

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor retail unit into a 1 bedroom flat

Received
31 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside and Grasmere Ward
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 3, 1st Floor (or Art Gallery, 1st Floor), 1 Church Street, Ambleside, LA22 0BU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 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 0BU
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2019
Consultation expiry
4 December 2019
Consultation end
4 December 2019
Target decision date
30 December 2019
Application expires
8 January 2020
Permission expires
10 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Publicity

First advertised
21 November 2019
Site notice start
14 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08142216
UPRN
MAN000000000036619
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ambleside
  • Listed building: 2-11, church streetOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    27 Apr

    Amendment to local occupancy restriction (move clause from Gallery Flat to Hayloft Flat (in same building)…

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)7/2026/5220
  2. 2019
    31 Oct

    Change of use of first floor retail unit into a 1 bedroom flat

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2019/5703

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