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High Fold Guest House, Troutbeck, Windermere, LA23 1PG

7/2024/5206Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 4 July 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use of Guest House to short term self catering holiday let or permanent occupancy dwelling

Received
5 April 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Lake District
Ward
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at High Fold Guest House, Troutbeck, Windermere, LA23 1PG. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in the Troutbeck conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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 1PG
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2024
Consultation expiry
15 May 2024
Consultation end
15 May 2024
Target decision date
30 May 2024
Application expires
1 August 2024
Permission expires
3 July 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
118 days

Publicity

First advertised
2 May 2024
Site notice start
24 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12948002
UPRN
10034117315
Documents
8

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    1 Oct

    Fell 1 spruce tree

    ApprovedTPO applicationT/2018/0130

Source: Lake District

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