ROSTHWAITE, New Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23
- Land size
- 0.36 acres
Key Features
- PRIME CONSENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
- Prominent Windermere Location
- Within the Lake District National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Full Planning Permission for 14-Unit Aparthotel Development
- Approximately 3,500 sq ft Ground Floor Commercial Accommodation
- 19 Car Parking Spaces and 10 Cycle Spaces within Approved Scheme
- Site Area Approximately 1,385.5 sq m (15,800 sq ft / 0.36 acres)
- Material Commencement Undertaken - Purchasers to Satisfy Themselves as to Planning Status
- Freehold
Description
An increasingly rare opportunity to acquire a substantial consented development site occupying a prominent main road position within Windermere.
The site extends to approximately 1,385.5 sq m (15,800 sq ft / 0.36 acres) and currently accommodates bungalow-style holiday letting accommodation together with associated parking and ancillary accommodation.
The site benefits from full planning permission for the demolition of the existing buildings and construction of a substantial purpose-built aparthotel development incorporating commercial accommodation at ground-floor level.
The approved building is arranged over three storeys, including accommodation within the roofspace, and provides a total of 14 serviced accommodation/aparthotel units, comprising 10 one-bedroom and 4 two-bedroom units.
At ground-floor level, the scheme incorporates approximately 3,500 sq ft of commercial accommodation, providing scope for a complementary commercial or hospitality use, subject to the terms of the existing permission and all necessary statutory consents.
Externally, the approved development incorporates 19 car parking spaces, 10 cycle spaces, refuse and recycling facilities and associated hard and soft landscaping.
A pedestrian route extends along the site boundary providing a connection between New Road and Chestnut Road to the rear.
The combination of an established planning permission, prominent position and location within the Lake District National Park provides an unusual opportunity for developers, hotel and aparthotel operators, hospitality businesses and other commercial purchasers.
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-28
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 94% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere313 metresOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School314 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 336
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Goodly Dale Primary School613 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 77
- Type
- Community school
- Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School3.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 30
- Type
- Community school
- Staveley CofE School3.6 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 79
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- The Lakes School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 445
- Type
- Community school
- John Ruskin School6.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 247
- Type
- Community school
- The Queen Katherine School7.4 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 910
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kirkbie Kendal School7.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,029
- Type
- Academy converter
- Dallam School12 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 761
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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