Shoe Craft House, Market Place, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9BU
Approved on 1 September 2020
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use from Sui Generis (betting shop) to A5 (hot food and takeaway). Installation of extraction outlet grills to rear elevation
- Received
- 2 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated5 Jun
- Consult.Consultation24 Jun
- TargetTarget Date30 Jul
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shoe Craft House, Market Place, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9BU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- LA22 9BU
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Lakes
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 24 June 2020
- Consultation end
- 24 June 2020
- Target decision date
- 30 July 2020
- Application expires
- 29 September 2020
- Permission expires
- 31 August 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 116 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 11 June 2020
- Site notice start
- 17 June 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08751042
- UPRN
- 100110756887
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Ambleside
- National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20161 Dec
Proposed signage
ApprovedAdvertisement consent7/2016/5841 - 20161 Dec
Change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to a betting office (sui generis use) and external alterations…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent7/2016/5840 - 20153 Jul
Change of use from Retail (A1) to Restaurant & Cafe (A3)
RefusedFull Planning application7/2015/5385
Source: Lake District
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