Birkett Hill House, Birkett Hill, Bowness-On-Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3EZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The property will remain a full residential property C3 use and will be a holida Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Sept 2026
Site constraints 9
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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £770,000 in September 2005. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- CLPUD - Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development
- Postcode
- LA23 3EZ
- Received
- 23 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Bowness and Lyth Ward
- Parish
- Windermere
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawfulness Refused
- Decision date
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Refused, as 22% of changes of use here are.
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-15082556
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: 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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