Sun Cottage Cafe, Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0NT Data via plota.co.uk
7/2026/5305 - Full Planning application
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7 Jul 2026
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Expected by 31 Aug 2026
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Site constraints 19
Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsEnforcement noticesPlanning enquiryNutrient Neutrality CatchmentHawksheadGrade II
Grade II listed: Sun Cottage Sun Inn Public House
List entry 1120807 · The pin is inside its outline · 38 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 35 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 38 with distances
- 22 mChurch of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I
- 27 mHawkshead War MemorialGrade II
- 27 mHawkshead Grammar SchoolGrade II*
- 36 mSundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's ChurchGrade II
- 39 mHawkshead Market Hall and Market Hall CottageGrade II
- 51 mBrown Cow Cottages Brown Cow LaitheGrade II
- 54 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- 60 mFormer Bank, Bank House and FlatGrade II
- 60 mPillar CottageGrade II
- 61 mLaburnum HouseGrade II
- 64 mWordsworth HouseGrade II
- 69 mQueen's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 72 mBANK COTTAGE and RELISHGrade II
- 72 mThe Corner ShopGrade II
- 73 mThe Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to WestGrade II
- 78 mLantern Cottage Ross CottageGrade II
- 79 mHawkshead Cooperative StoreGrade II
- 79 mThimble HallGrade II
- 82 mKing's Arms Public HouseGrade II
- 91 mChapel CottageGrade II
- 94 mOld School HouseGrade II
- 95 mHawkshead Methodist ChurchGrade II
- 96 mThe Minstrels' GalleryGrade II
- 96 mFern CottageGrade II
- 99 mInformation Centre and Bend Or BumpGrade II
- 104 mHideaways and Adjoining HouseGrade II
- 105 mGrandy Nook Coffee ShopGrade II
- 106 mFormer Solicitor's OfficeGrade II
- 108 mAnne Tyson's CottageGrade II*
- 109 mFormer Barclays Bank, Bank House, and Doctor's SurgeryGrade II
- 111 mAnnexe to Red Lion HotelGrade II
- 112 mJasmine CottageGrade II
- 115 mJessamine Cottage Rose CottageGrade II
- 116 mRed Lion HotelGrade II
- 123 mWee CottageGrade II
- 123 mGilmarver Flat Gilmarver House Lile TeashopGrade II
- 128 mLittle Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage)Grade II
- 137 mIvy House HotelGrade II
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Esthwaite Water Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Lake District National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
World heritage site: The English Lake District
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Hawkshead conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ramsar wetland 265 m away: Esthwaite Water
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
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Area of special control for advertsCouncil record
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Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
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Enforcement noticesCouncil record
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Planning enquiryCouncil record
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Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil record
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HawksheadCouncil record
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Grade IICouncil record
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Also on the record
SSSI 265 m away: Esthwaite Water SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Hawkshead built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Postcode
- LA22 0NT
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
- Parish
- Hawkshead
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Aug 2026
- Applicant
- Show
Decision outlook
Day 94, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Lake District are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 17 Jul 2026.
Day 9438 days past the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
7%go to committee
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 29 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 16 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 5 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
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Land at Bragg Field, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QW
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Withdrawn
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Change of use to a single holiday letting unit
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Approved
Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead, LA22 0NT
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Poppi Red, Main Street, Hawkshead, LA22 0NT
Extension to existing cafe and shop (Resubmission of 7/2021/5945)
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Approved
Former Summitreks Premises, Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NT
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Approved
Hawkshead Esthwaite School, Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0NT
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