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Ormathwaite Hall, Ormathwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4PQ

7/2025/2131Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and refurbishment of a small curtilage outbuilding to create a one-bedroom, self-contained holiday let.

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 194 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Ormathwaite Hall, Ormathwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4PQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 226 days, 24 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Bothel and Wharrels Ward. We hold 993 applications in total for the CA12 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
CA12 4PQ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Underskiddaw
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2025
Consultation expiry
21 August 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Target decision date
20 September 2025
Application expires
25 August 2025
Permission expires
5 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
8 August 2025
Site notice start
7 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14113642
UPRN
10008822317
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Ormathwaite HallOn this site · +2 more
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Jun

    Conversion and refurbishment of a small curtilage outbuilding to create a one-bedroom, self-contained holiday…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2025/2131
  2. 2025
    25 Jun

    Conversion and refurbishment of a small curtilage outbuilding to create a one-bedroom, self-contained holiday…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside7/2025/2133

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