THE owner of a property in Windermere has been knocked back by planners in their bid to retrospectively allow the use of their annex building as a holiday let.

The applicant, the owner of 7 Brantfell Walk, applied to the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) to 'regularise' the use of their annex.

Planning permission was granted in 2018 for the construction of the detached single-storey one-bedroom annex, with a condition that its use would be ancillary (connected to) the residential use of 7 Brantfell Walk.

An enforcement notice was issued in September 2022 to investigate the use of the annex as a short-term holiday let.

The applicant confirmed the annex has been used as a holiday let since 2019.

Several objections were raised which led to the refusal.

Windermere and Bowness Town Council recommended refusal.

Its comment said: "Written evidence states that the annex is frequently let as short-term holiday accommodation, with blatant disregard for that condition, to the detriment of neighbours dwelling in their adjacent permanent homes.

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"This has caused noise nuisance and loss of privacy and amenity.

"The original caveat should stand, as a new build for holiday use is not in accordance with the Local Plan, and as a new build, the annex would have and indeed has a local occupancy restriction.

"We would ask the LDNPA to consider the breach of the local occupancy conditions imposed when planning permission was first granted."

The Delegated Report explaining the refusal says: "It was considered that the use of the accommodation as a separate dwelling in this location would be unlikely to be acceptable due to the limited access to the site and relationship with the existing dwelling."

It concluded: "There is no evidence to demonstrate that the building is unsuitable for providing local need or affordable needs housing and as a consequence, its change of use to a dwellinghouse for holiday letting purposes would fail to contribute to meeting the needs of the local community and fail to help address the imbalances in the local housing market."