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

7/2020/5160Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 24 July 2020

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
10 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 136 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Smallwood House Hotel, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2020
Consultation expiry
1 April 2020
Consultation end
1 April 2020
Target decision date
4 May 2020
Application expires
21 August 2020
Permission expires
23 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
164 days

Publicity

First advertised
19 March 2020
Site notice start
17 March 2020

Additional information

UPRN
100110756902
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    7 Jan

    Non-material amendment to planning application 7/2019/5182

    RefusedNon-material amendment7/2020/5003
  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. 2018
    15 Jan

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

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)7/2018/5026
  4. 2017
    22 Jun

    Additional storey to stair tower to improve ergonomics

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2017/5246
  5. 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
  6. 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

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