Former Post Office/Newsagent, Main Street, Hawkshead, LA22 0NS Data via plota.co.uk
7/2026/5273 - Full Planning application
Approved
Proposal
Change of use of former post office and newsagent (Class E) to form extension to adjacent pub / restaurant (Sui Generis), together with minor external alterations Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Validated
23 Jun 2026
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Consultation
9 Jul 2026
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Approved
6 Aug 2026
Approved on 6 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Aug 2026
Site constraints 29
Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsRisk of Flooding from Surface WaterPrevious planning applicationsMain RiversRisk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaEnforcement noticesNutrient Neutrality CatchmentHawksheadGrade IIPolicy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictPolicy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyPolicy 03 Support - Development and floodingPolicy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapePolicy 04 Support - Biodiversity and geodiversityPolicy 06 Support - Design and developmentPolicy 07 Support - Historic environmentPolicy 23 Support - Community facilities and Local Green Space
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.
39 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Queen's Head Public House, Grade II, 3 m away · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 36 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 all 39 with distances
- 3 mQueen's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 17 mThimble HallGrade II
- 18 mInformation Centre and Bend Or BumpGrade II
- 18 mHawkshead Cooperative StoreGrade II
- 18 mThe Corner ShopGrade II
- 20 mBrown Cow Cottages Brown Cow LaitheGrade II
- 25 mFormer Solicitor's OfficeGrade II
- 25 mBANK COTTAGE and RELISHGrade II
- 26 mAnnexe to Red Lion HotelGrade II
- 27 mJessamine Cottage Rose CottageGrade II
- 34 mKing's Arms Public HouseGrade II
- 37 mRed Lion HotelGrade II
- 37 mLaburnum HouseGrade II
- 43 mFormer Barclays Bank, Bank House, and Doctor's SurgeryGrade II
- 48 mHideaways and Adjoining HouseGrade II
- 52 mThe Minstrels' GalleryGrade II
- 54 mGilmarver Flat Gilmarver House Lile TeashopGrade II
- 55 mHawkshead Market Hall and Market Hall CottageGrade II
- 57 mThe Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to WestGrade II
- 62 mAnne Tyson's CottageGrade II*
- 64 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- 65 mIvy House HotelGrade II
- 65 mChapel CottageGrade II
- 66 mHawkshead Methodist ChurchGrade II
- 66 mFormer Bank, Bank House and FlatGrade II
- 71 mGrandy Nook Coffee ShopGrade II
- 72 mSundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's ChurchGrade II
- 74 mHawkshead War MemorialGrade II
- 75 mSun Cottage Sun Inn Public HouseGrade II
- 77 mLantern Cottage Ross CottageGrade II
- 81 mWordsworth HouseGrade II
- 84 mBarn Syke Helm LeaGrade II
- 89 mFern CottageGrade II
- 89 mPillar CottageGrade II
- 96 mChurch of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I
- 97 mJasmine CottageGrade II
- 117 mHawkshead Grammar SchoolGrade II*
- 118 mWee CottageGrade II
- 123 mLittle Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage)Grade II
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 280 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
Recorded by the council for this site.
Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterCouncil record
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Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
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Main RiversCouncil record
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Risk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Enforcement noticesCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
HawksheadCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Grade IICouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 03 Support - Development and floodingCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapeCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 04 Support - Biodiversity and geodiversityCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 06 Support - Design and developmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 07 Support - Historic environmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 23 Support - Community facilities and Local Green SpaceCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Also on the record
SSSI 280 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 0NS
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
- Parish
- Hawkshead
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 6 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Walsingham Planning Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 7 days faster than Lake District's median of 51 for changes of use. Approved, as 78% of changes of use here are.
This one44d
Council51d
UK56d
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
- Alt. reference
- PP-14947982
- Comments by
- 15 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 2 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Sept 2026
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