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Grove House, Biskey Howe Road, Windermere, LA23 2JP

7/2020/5817Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 30 June 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension of an existing outhouse to create an apartment for superior bed and breakfast accommodation. Removal of outhouse chimney stack. Removal of lean-to extension at the rear of Grove house to create space for the proposed apartment. Entrance gateway from Elim Grove to be sealed

Received
8 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere Ward
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Grove House, Biskey Howe Road, Windermere, LA23 2JP. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in the Bowness conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,493 applications in total for the LA23 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
LA23 2JP
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2021
Consultation expiry
9 June 2021
Consultation end
9 June 2021
Target decision date
13 July 2021
Application expires
28 July 2021
Permission expires
29 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

First advertised
27 May 2021
Site notice start
24 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09261087
UPRN
100110700492
Documents
14

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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© 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.

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