The Victorian building will become flats and a house
A Victorian building in the Lake District that is iconic in the area will be transformed into homes. Plans have been approved for the flats and a house, which will become 'affordable homes.' The Lake District National Park Authority has approved plans from Westmorland and Furness Council to convert the former Windermere Town Council offices on Broad Street in Windermere into four ‘affordable’ dwellings.
According to a report by planning officers, Langstone House is an ‘attractive, late nineteenth century building’ and makes a ‘positive contribution’ to the character and appearance of the conservation area. Windermere and Bowness Town Council said it had no objection to the plans and said: “Good use of an iconic, though underused building.
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