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Home Farm, Matson Ground, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 2NH

7/2026/5387Major full applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 15 October 2026

Proposal

Redevelopment of farm site, including demolition of existing buildings, the erection of 7 commercial units (Use Class E) and associated car parking and a new access track, alongside the development of two new agricultural buildings

Received
16 July 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Windermere and Ambleside Ward
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Home Farm, Matson Ground, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 2NH. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 91 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 252 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 2NH
Application type
Major full application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Windermere
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Consultation expiry
19 August 2026
Consultation end
19 August 2026
Target decision date
15 October 2026
Application expires
27 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

First advertised
6 August 2026
Site notice start
5 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14928090
UPRN
MAN000000000005368
Documents
60

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.

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