Rivington, Vicarage Hill, Keswick, CA12 5QB Data via plota.co.uk

7/2025/2236 - Full Planning application Approved

Proposal

Two storey extension, dormer addition to front roof and installation of pv panels to rear roof Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

6 Jan 2026

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Consultation

15 Jan 2026

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Approved

5 Mar 2026

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Committee

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 5 Mar 2026 · Committee · Last checked 24 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Lake District Development Control Committee on 1 Apr 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the development was acceptable in design, amenity, ecology and tree terms, subject to conditions.
Keswick Town Council supported the extension and other alterations but objected to the front roof remodelling’s visual impact.
Members unanimously approved the application with conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, objections, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Lake District's committee minutes of 1 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 20

Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsNutrient Neutrality CatchmentPolicy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictPolicy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyPolicy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapePolicy 04 Support - Biodiversity and geodiversityPolicy 06 Support - Design and developmentPolicy 20 Support - Renewal and low carb on energy

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake SAC

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.

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Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

2 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Crosthwaite Vicarage, Grade II, 37 m away · 2 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 2 with distances

37 mCrosthwaite VicarageGrade II
102 mSkiddaw CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

Special area of conservation 291 m away: River Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lake

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