Windermere and Ambleside Ward planning approval rate
Windermere and Ambleside Ward ward in Lake District NPA has a 91.0% approval rate based on 533 planning decisions. Lake District NPA overall: 90.8%.
Last updated: September 2026
91.0%
ward approval rate
533
Decisions
485
Approved
48
Refused
90.8%
Lake District NPA average
Windermere and Ambleside Ward is broadly in line with the Lake District NPA average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Windermere and Ambleside Ward compares
Windermere and Ambleside Ward ward
91.0%
Lake District NPA overall
90.8%
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Recent decisions in Windermere and Ambleside Ward
Replacement of garden shed which is in poor state of repair with greenhouse. · 2026-09-29
Full re-roofing of Fir Bank Quarrymen's Cottages (nos.1-4) with partial new, par · 2026-09-22
Front door side panel replacement and kitchen window pane replacement (rear of t · 2026-09-22
Erection of new sub-station · 2026-09-22
Erection of new sub-station · 2026-09-22
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Other wards in Lake District NPA
Ambleside and Grasmere Ward (92.7%)
Keswick Ward (92.5%)
KESWICK WARD (91.7%)
Ambleside & Grasmere Ward (87.9%)
Bowness & Levens Ward (90.4%)
Broughton & Coniston Ward (88.7%)
Hawkshead Ward (95.0%)
Lyth Valley Ward (93.5%)
Staveley-in-Cartmel Ward (92.1%)
ULLSWATER WARD (94.6%)
Staveley-in-Westmorland Ward (91.4%)
CRUMMOCK WARD (86.6%)