Wordsworth Hotel, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9SW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Display of 5 signs: 1 externally illuminated-mounted fascia sign (Sign 1), 2 x single-sided externally illuminated low post-mounted signs (Signs 2 and 6), 1 x double-sided externally illuminated post-mounted sign (Sign 4) and 1 x double-sided Metal Arch sign (Sign 7). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Committee · Last checked 6 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Lake District Development Control Committee on 2 Sept 2026.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the amended signs would reduce visual clutter and lighting would be unlikely to harm amenity.
- The parish council maintained its refusal recommendation, while other objections concerned visual clutter, conservation character, dark skies, illumination and design.
- Members unanimously approved the application with conditions, adding a requirement to remove the specified existing signs.
Source: Plota analysis of Lake District's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.
Site constraints 28
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £7,100,000 in August 2025. Other property, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent Application
- Postcode
- LA22 9SW
- Received
- 9 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Windermere and Ambleside Ward
- Parish
- Lakes
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Advertisement Consent Approved
- Decision date
- 6 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- klr Planning Ltd
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 113 days from validation, 63 days slower than Lake District's median of 50 for advertisement consent. Approved, as 82% of advertisement consent here are.
Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14828510
- Site or press notice
- 27 May 2026
- Committee
- 5 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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