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Thorneyfield Guest House, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ

7/2023/5041Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 8 June 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from guest house with owner's accommodation to self-catering holiday accommodation with owner's accommodation, together with alterations to rear fenestration, addition of solar panels to roof on SW Elevation and alterations to front steps

Received
19 January 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Thorneyfield Guest House, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building 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).

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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
28 February 2023
Consultation expiry
22 March 2023
Consultation end
22 March 2023
Target decision date
24 April 2023
Application expires
6 July 2023
Permission expires
7 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
128 days

Publicity

First advertised
9 March 2023
Site notice start
1 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11678821
UPRN
100110756901
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)Part of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

© 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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