Former Little Chef Site, A590 westbound, Witherslack, Grange over Sands, LA11 6RJ
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
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Proposal
Extension of the existing building to provide a drive thru Coffee Shop (Use Class E(b)) with the provision of outside seating areas, a drive thru lane, car parking including accessible spaces, 8 Electric Vehicle charging points, landscaping and associated works - variation of conditions 2 (plans) and condition 6 (drainage) on planning application 7/2024/5581 amendment to car park layout and drainage scheme
- Received
- 13 February 2026
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Bowness and Lyth Ward
- ReceivedReceived13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Former Little Chef Site, A590 westbound, Witherslack, Grange over Sands, LA11 6RJ. Lake District has handled 670 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 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 115 applications across Bowness and Lyth Ward. We hold 1,391 applications in total for the LA11 postcode area.
94% of conditions 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
- LA11 6RJ
- Application type
- S73 (Amend/Delete Condition)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
- Application expires
- 17 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14699223
- UPRN
- MAN000000000010165
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National park: Lake District
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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Source: Lake District
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