Holker House, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ

7/2026/5552Full Planning applicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 19 October 2026

Proposal

Change of use of Guest House to two holiday let apartments and six letting rooms

Received: 28 September 2026
Council: Lake District
Ward: Windermere and Ambleside Ward

ReceivedReceived28 Sep
ValidatedValidated29 Sep
Consult.Consultation28 Oct
TargetTarget Date23 Nov
DecidedDecided19 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Holker House, Compston Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DJ. Lake District has handled 3,845 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 21 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Ambleside 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 1,502 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 9DJ
Application type: Full Planning application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lakes
District: South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 September 2026
Consultation expiry: 28 October 2026
Consultation end: 28 October 2026
Target decision date: 23 November 2026
Application expires: 2 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

First advertised: 15 October 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15204815
UPRN: 100110693652
Documents: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Ambleside
World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
National park: Lake District

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.

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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.

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Source: Lake District

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