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Ambleside C Of E Primary School, Vicarage Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DH

7/2025/5275Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 25 June 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 2 x ANPR cameras on a camera column. Installation of 8 x non illuminated signs.

Received
30 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Ambleside C Of E Primary School, Vicarage Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DH. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Ambleside conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 251 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 9DH
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2025
Consultation expiry
4 June 2025
Consultation end
4 June 2025
Target decision date
25 June 2025
Application expires
23 July 2025
Permission expires
24 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

First advertised
22 May 2025
Site notice start
22 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13984474
UPRN
100110757021
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ambleside
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO-391Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    9 Apr

    The proposed development comprises of external fabric repairs to the main school building mainly the…

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2024/5214
  2. 2021
    1 Jul

    2 x Sycamore trees - Repollard to previous pollard points. 1 x Lime tree - Reduce and reshape by up to 3…

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2021/0107
  3. 2020
    24 Aug

    Remove dead wood from 1 x oak and 1 spruce in play area - 5 day notice

    Approved5 Day Notice (TPO or Conservation Area)T/2020/0105
  4. 2019
    25 Oct

    1 x hornbeam – Crown raise to 1.8 metres, prune branches back from school roof and crown clean dead wood

    ApprovedTPO applicationT/2019/0194
  5. 2017
    28 Nov

    Retrospective application to place a goal end on the left hand side of the playground to match the existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning application7/2017/5790
  6. 2017
    9 Oct

    Construction of an accessible compost toilet unit in the corner of the school playing field.

    WithdrawnFull Planning application7/2017/5635

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