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Hayes Garden World, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DW

7/2026/5062Full Planning applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from a storage warehouse (b8) to indoor sports facility (Class E(d)

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hayes Garden World, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DW. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 251 applications across Windermere and Ambleside 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 0DW
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026
Application expires
26 June 2026
Permission expires
28 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
133 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14670913
UPRN
MAN000000000010069
Documents
21

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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