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Springfield, Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9BA

7/2023/5557Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 November 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey, lower ground floor, music room extension

Received
12 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Springfield, Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9BA. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Ambleside conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 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).

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Application details

Postcode
LA22 9BA
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
11 October 2023
Consultation end
11 October 2023
Target decision date
6 November 2023
Application expires
4 December 2023
Permission expires
5 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

First advertised
28 September 2023
Site notice start
27 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12352692
UPRN
100110756795
Documents
14

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.

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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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    T1 Oak - crown reduce by maximum of 2m; G2 Beech x2 - fell; T3 Sycamore - fell; T4 Beech - fell

    PendingTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2026/0201
  2. 2026
    1 Jun

    T1 common beech - crown reduction of a maximum of 4m off overall height and no more than 3m from any single…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2026/0108
  3. 2023
    29 Nov

    2 x Ash trees (listed as T1 & T3 in the notification) - Fell to ground level. Ash tree (listed as T2 in the…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2023/0180
  4. 2023
    10 Feb

    The erection of a detached two-bay garage

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2023/5098
  5. 2022
    24 Jun

    1 x Yew tree (listed as T1 in notification) - Fell to ground level. 2 x Ash trees (listed as T2 and T3 in…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2022/0096
  6. 2022
    20 May

    Erection of a ground floor side extension to main dwelling and extension to detached coach house

    RefusedFull Planning application7/2022/5317

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