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Former Palace Fitness Palace Building Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AB

2026/1555/FPAFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from a Gym (Use Class E(d)) to one self-contained flat (Use Class C3)

Received
4 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Grange and Cartmel
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Palace Fitness Palace Building Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AB. Westmorland and Furness has handled 6,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Grange over Sands conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Grange and Cartmel. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the LA11 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA11 6AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grange-over-Sands

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2026
Application expires
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office A Bradley Hill Farm Claughton on Brock Preston PR3 0GA

Planning decision

Case officer
James Sheldrake
Statutory period
56 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.

  • Conservation area: Grange over Sands
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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: Westmorland and Furness

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