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7/2026/2101 - Full Planning application
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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Validated
21 Jul 2026
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Consultation
7 Aug 2026
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Approved
3 Sept 2026
Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Sept 2026
Site constraints 20
Water Supply and WasteRisk of Flooding from Surface WaterPrevious planning applicationsSites and monuments record (SMR)Planning enquiryMineral Safeguarding AreaNutrient Neutrality CatchmentPolicy 01 Support - National and international significance of the Lake DistrictPolicy 02 Support - Spatial strategeyPolicy 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapePolicy 06 Support - Design and development
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation 274 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.
6 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Heads House, Grade II, 59 m away · 6 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 6 with distances
- 59 mHeads HouseGrade II
- 69 mThe Bank TavernGrade II
- 80 m85-91, Main StreetGrade II
- 83 m6-12, Police Station CourtGrade II
- 131 mPolice Station and Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 144 mKing's Arms HotelGrade II
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
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Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterCouncil record
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Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
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Sites and monuments record (SMR)Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Planning enquiryCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Mineral Safeguarding AreaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil 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 05 Support - Protecting the spectacular landscapeCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Policy 06 Support - Design and developmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Also on the record
Conservation area 29 m away: Keswick; SSSI 274 m away: Buttermere SSSI; Inside the Keswick built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- Full Planning application
- Postcode
- CA12 5AF
- Received
- 10 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Keswick Ward
- Parish
- Keswick
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 3 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
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- Agent
- Edwin Thompson
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 5 days faster than Lake District's median of 49 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 95% of utility and infrastructure works here are.
This one44d
Council49d
UK55d
69%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
69decided in the last year
Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14878275
- Site or press notice
- 7 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Oct 2026
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