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Pavilion building, White Platts Recreation Ground, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ

7/2025/5188Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of an in-roof solar PV installation (22no panels).

Received
26 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Pavilion building, White Platts Recreation Ground, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 253 applications across Windermere and Ambleside Ward. We hold 1,502 applications in total for the LA22 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
LA22 9DJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2025
Consultation expiry
23 April 2025
Consultation end
23 April 2025
Target decision date
21 May 2025
Application expires
20 June 2025
Permission expires
22 May 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

First advertised
10 April 2025
Site notice start
23 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13858330
UPRN
MAN000000000006390
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ambleside
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO-185Protected tree on or next to this site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, 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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© 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.

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