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Laurel Bank, Penrith Road, Keswick, CA12 4LJ

7/2025/2221Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of guesthouse to a mixed use of guesthouse, holiday let or residential home.

Received
21 November 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Lake District
Ward
Keswick Ward
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Laurel Bank, Penrith Road, Keswick, CA12 4LJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Keswick 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 4LJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Keswick
District
Allerdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Target decision date
29 January 2026
Application expires
2 April 2026
Permission expires
4 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
118 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447892
UPRN
100110683069
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO-213Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    17 Mar

    Proposed bay window to kitchen

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2006/2079

Source: Lake District

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