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Plots 1 & 2 Abbott Wood, Great Clifton, Workington CA14 1TW

WTPO/2026/0019Consent under Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

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

Proposal

Sycamore - Side branches cut by up to 30% and the top lowered by 30% Yew - Third lower branch to be removed from leaning stem. Other branches leaning northwards over the house cut back to just behind the scaffolding surrounding the house. On the south side there are a few thin branches spreading out over the road which should be trimmed back in line with the lower branches to the edge of the road. The remaining branches heading east and west along with the top of the tree to remain untouched except to remove any dead wood.

Submitted
6 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
St John's and Great Clifton
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Plots 1 & 2 Abbott Wood, Great Clifton, Workington CA14 1TW. Allerdale has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across St John's and Great Clifton. We hold 1,217 applications in total for the CA14 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
CA14 1TW
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Clifton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026
Application expires
1 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry McCartney
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Allerdale

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