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Little Owl Barn, Heaning Lane, Windermere, LA23 1JW

7/2025/5516Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 19 November 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to single holiday let

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Little Owl Barn, Heaning Lane, Windermere, LA23 1JW. Lake District has handled 3,845 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. We hold 1,493 applications in total for the LA23 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
LA23 1JW
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
20 November 2025
Application expires
17 December 2025
Permission expires
18 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
82 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14068547
UPRN
MAN000000000008502
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Heaning FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Kent 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.

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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© 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.

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