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Great Tower Scout Camp, Birks Road, Windermere, LA23 3PQ

7/2025/5654Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrospective application for demolition of derelict garage building and siting of static caravan for staff accommodation

Received
21 November 2025
Council
Lake District
Ward
Grange and Cartmel Ward
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 245 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Great Tower Scout Camp, Birks Road, Windermere, LA23 3PQ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 29 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Grange and Cartmel 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 3PQ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cartmel Fell
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Target decision date
18 January 2026
Application expires
2 January 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Ben Long
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14503025
UPRN
100110802323
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.

  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
  • Ancient woodland: Great Tower Plantation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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.

Source: Lake District

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