Barclays Bank Chambers, First Floor, Market Place, Ambleside, LA22 9BU

7/2021/5367Full Planning applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 24 June 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of first floor office to two flats

Received: 30 April 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lake District
Ward: Ambleside & Grasmere Ward

ReceivedReceived30 Apr
ValidatedValidated11 May
Consult.Consultation2 Jun
TargetTarget Date5 Jul
DecidedDecided24 Jun

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Barclays Bank Chambers, First Floor, Market Place, Ambleside, LA22 9BU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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: 11 May 2021
Consultation expiry: 2 June 2021
Consultation end: 2 June 2021
Target decision date: 5 July 2021
Application expires: 22 July 2021
Permission expires: 23 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 72 days

Publicity

First advertised: 20 May 2021
Site notice start: 26 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09790419
UPRN: MAN000000000042457
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Ambleside
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Lake District

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near LA22

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for commercial fit-out near this site

View all contractors

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report