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The Workshop, Biskey Howe Road, Bowness on Windermere

7/2019/5763Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 5 March 2020

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use of premises to Class D2 - Escape Rooms

Received
25 November 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere Bowness, Bowness & Levens Ward
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Workshop, Biskey Howe Road, Bowness on Windermere. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2019
Consultation expiry
25 December 2019
Consultation end
25 December 2019
Target decision date
29 January 2020
Application expires
2 April 2020
Permission expires
4 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 December 2019
Site notice start
29 January 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08272413
UPRN
MAN000000000036891
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bowness
  • 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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