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Troutbeck Wastewater Treatment Works, Low Gate, Troutbeck, Ambleside, LA23 1PJ

7/2026/5279Full Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 3 August 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of an extended Wastewater Treatment Works including: ground level changes, Motor Control Centre Kiosk, Standby Generator Batteries and Generator

Received
21 May 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Troutbeck Wastewater Treatment Works, Low Gate, Troutbeck, Ambleside, LA23 1PJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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.

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 1PJ
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakes
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2026
Target decision date
15 July 2026
Application expires
1 July 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Ben Long
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14815487
UPRN
MAN000000000011099
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: TroutbeckPart of the site
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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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