Thomlinson Junior School, High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PG

CAT/2025/0025Works to Trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Pruning works in accordance with BS 3998:2010 to 10 no. trees, as specified within submitted Arboricultural Report dated 8th July 2025.

Submitted: 28 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Allerdale
Ward: Wigton

ReceivedSubmitted28 Jul
ValidatedValidated28 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Aug
DecidedDecided3 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thomlinson Junior School, High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PG. Allerdale has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Allerdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Wigton conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Wigton. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Allerdale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CA7 9PG
Application type: Works to Trees in a conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wigton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 July 2025
Target decision date: 25 August 2025
Application expires: 8 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14205941
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Wigton
Heritage at Risk Register: Wigton, Allerdale
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Allerdale

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