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Grizedale Forest, Grizedale, Ambleside, LA22 0QJ

7/2026/5047Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted solar system

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Grizedale Forest, Grizedale, Ambleside, LA22 0QJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Coniston and Hawkshead 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 0QJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Satterthwaite
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026
Application expires
9 June 2026
Permission expires
11 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 April 2026

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000009907
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

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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