A former coach house in Windermere cannot be extended and converted into a four-bedroom house, and a dwelling cannot be built in its former kitchen garden, a planning inspector has ruled.

Mrs J.

Ramsay appealed against the Lake District National Park Authority for failing to give notice within a prescribed period of a decision on an application for planning permission.

Planning inspector Patrick Whitehead dismissed the appeal on the grounds that both developments at Northwood, Patterdale Road, would have an unacceptable impact on road safety at the access point from the A592, and would also affect the privacy of neighbours by being over-intensive.