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Greggs Of Cumbria, 3 The Old Stamp House, Church Street, Ambleside, LA22 0BU

7/2023/5463Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: Does not require planning permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of A1 Shop to E(b) Restaurant

Received
21 July 2023
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Greggs Of Cumbria, 3 The Old Stamp House, Church Street, Ambleside, LA22 0BU. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 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).

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Application details

Postcode
LA22 0BU
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2023
Consultation expiry
23 August 2023
Consultation end
23 August 2023
Target decision date
17 September 2023
Application expires
31 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12319712
UPRN
100110756381
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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