Gale Rigg Cottage, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Approved on 20 August 2021
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Beech tree (highlighted in pink in the application) - Prune and rebalance the eastern side of the crown to create a clearance of up to 2 m from the dwelling.
- Received
- 28 June 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lake District
- Ward
- Ambleside and Grasmere Ward, Ambleside & Grasmere Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Jun
- ValidatedValidated28 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Aug
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Gale Rigg Cottage, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ. Lake District has handled 917 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,502 applications in total for the LA22 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at Lake District were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LA22 0AZ
- Application type
- TPO application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Lakes
- District
- South Lakeland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 June 2021
- Target decision date
- 22 August 2021
- Application expires
- 17 September 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 81 days
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100110756558
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: AmblesidePart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO-307Protected tree on or next to this site
- National park: Lake District
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202216 Nov
Beech tree (listed as T1 in TPO: 307) - Reduce and reshape by approx 2.5 metres, crown lift small diameter…
ApprovedTPO applicationT/2022/0194 - 201620 Jan
Prune 1 beech tree away from house by no more than two meters and balance crown.
ApprovedTPO applicationT/2016/0006 - 201424 Nov
T1 Beech - Prune branches in contact with telephone cable by no more than two meters
ApprovedTPO applicationT/2014/0186
Source: Lake District
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