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Land to north of existing Wastewater Treatment Works, Ambleside

7/2025/5541Major full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension of wastewater treatment works, installation of 2 no. detention tanks, 3 no. kiosks and associated apparatus.

Received
25 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Land to north of existing Wastewater Treatment Works, Ambleside. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 251 applications across Windermere and Ambleside Ward.

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

Application type
Major full application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Target decision date
4 January 2026
Application expires
29 May 2026
Permission expires
30 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
235 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14296190
UPRN
MAN000000000008585
Documents
50

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: AmblesidePart of the site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Aug

    Approval of details reserved by condition 8 (BNG) on application 7/2025/5541

    Complies with ConditionDischarge of conditions7/2026/5462
  2. 2025
    25 Sep

    Extension of wastewater treatment works, installation of 2 no. detention tanks, 3 no. kiosks and associated…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2025/5541

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