Planning application
Boatmans Cafe, Rectory Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3HJ
Works: Extension
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Non-material amendment to application 7/2025/5217 (First floor extension and alt
As published by the council, reference 7/2025/5568
Application record
- Reference
- 7/2025/5568
- Type
- Non material amendments
- Status
- Application being considered
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 17 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 20 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 27 Oct 2025
- Postcode
- LA23 3HJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Oct 2025
Received by Lake District National Park
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20 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Refused
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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