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Thorngarth, 39 Main Street, Greysouthen, Cockermouth, CA13 0UL

WTPO/2025/0036Consent under Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1. Damsons Reduce height of 2 newly planted Damsons to 6 ft so we can reach to pick fruit. 2. Horse Chestnut Previously pollarded. To repeat if needed in next 2 years. 3. Katsura Remove 3 or 4 lower branches, as they are very long and reducing the amount of light to flower beds. 4. Hazel Pollarded earlier in 2025. To repeat when needed in next 2 years. 5. Purple Hazel Coppiced earlier in 2025. To repeat in next 2 years. 6. Acer To thin out crown if needed. 7. Holly TPO To remove a few lower, very young branches that are growing over pathway to compost bins and access to hedge. 8. Lime TPO To remove a few lower, very young branches that are obstructing access to compost bin. 9. Conifers Removal of a few branches that are overhanging pathway.

Submitted
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Cockermouth South
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 108 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thorngarth, 39 Main Street, Greysouthen, Cockermouth, CA13 0UL. Allerdale has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 8 weeks longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. The site is in the Greysouthen conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Cockermouth South. We hold 1,181 applications in total for the CA13 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
CA13 0UL
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greysouthen CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Application expires
23 January 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry McCartney
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14421113
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Greysouthen
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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