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Far Orrest Farm, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1JU

7/2026/5226Notification of Intention (Agricultural, Q6g)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 June 2026

Council decision: Approved NOI (Agriculture)

Proposal

New steel farm building with concrete panel walls

Received
29 April 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Far Orrest Farm, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1JU. Lake District has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 253 applications across Windermere and Ambleside Ward. We hold 1,493 applications in total for the LA23 postcode area.

90% of all 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 1JU
Application type
Notification of Intention (Agricultural, Q6g)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026
Application expires
29 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
30 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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