Helm Flats, Helm Farm, Windermere, LA23 2HF
Approved on 11 February 2025
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from holiday lets to flats in multiple occupation (C4)
- Received
- 20 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Windermere and Ambleside Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Dec
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Helm Flats, Helm Farm, Windermere, LA23 2HF. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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. In the past year there have been 251 applications across Windermere and Ambleside Ward. 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 2HF
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Windermere
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2025
- Application expires
- 11 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 February 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 81 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 16 January 2025
- Site notice start
- 20 January 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13649177
- UPRN
- MAN000000000005435
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National park: Lake District
- Ancient woodland: Helm Farm WoodPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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Source: Lake District
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