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Westbourne Hotel, Biskey Howe Road, Windermere, LA23 2JR

7/2023/5635Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 24 November 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from guest house to two self-catering holiday let units or two permanent dwellings plus self-catering holiday let unit for The Cottage

Received
16 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere Ward
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.15 Nov
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Westbourne Hotel, Biskey Howe Road, Windermere, LA23 2JR. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a 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 2JR
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2023
Consultation expiry
15 November 2023
Consultation end
15 November 2023
Target decision date
14 December 2023
Application expires
17 November 2023
Permission expires
23 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
2 November 2023
Site notice start
2 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12371065
UPRN
MAN000000000001137
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BownessPart of the site
  • 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lake District

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