Rothay Bridge, Ambleside, Cumbria

7/2025/5057Listed Building Consent applicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 9 April 2025

Council decision: Listed Building Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Scour repairs to East and West abutments and downstream East wing wall below water level highlighted on underwater dive survey

Received: 4 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lake District
Ward: Windermere and Ambleside Ward

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated18 Feb
Consult.Consultation12 Mar
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Rothay Bridge, Ambleside, Cumbria. Lake District has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 253 applications across Windermere and Ambleside Ward.

91% of heritage 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

Application type: Listed Building Consent application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Lakes
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 March 2025
Consultation end: 12 March 2025
Target decision date: 14 April 2025
Application expires: 7 May 2025
Permission expires: 8 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 78 days

Publicity

First advertised: 27 February 2025
Site notice start: 26 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13749681
UPRN: MAN000000000005795
Documents: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: Rothay BridgeOn or next to this 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, 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, 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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© 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.

Source: Lake District

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