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Winster Lea, Ghyll Head, Windermere, LA23 3LN

7/2026/5010Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed alterations and conversion of part of the existing garage to form bedrooms, with a single storey extension to the ancillary accommodation to form living room.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Grange and Cartmel Ward
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Winster Lea, Ghyll Head, Windermere, LA23 3LN. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3LN
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cartmel Fell
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026
Application expires
6 May 2026
Permission expires
7 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14599456
UPRN
MAN000000000039009
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Jun

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 7/2026/5010

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment7/2026/5313
  2. 2026
    6 Jan

    Proposed alterations and conversion of part of the existing garage to form bedrooms, with a single storey…

    This applicationApprovedFull7/2026/5010

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