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St James's Church, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PA

T/2024/0092Tree Work in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 June 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Ash tree (marked as 1 in notification) - Dismantle to leave 5m habitat monolith. 1 x Cypress tree (marked as 2 in notification) - Reduce damaged leader by up to 4m. 2 x Cypress trees (marked as 3 and 4 in notification) - Prune snapped top. 1 x Holly tree (marked as 5 in notification) - Reduce and reshape by up to 4m.

Received
24 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Kendal Rural Ward
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St James's Church, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PA. Lake District has handled 917 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 626 applications in total for the LA8 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
LA8 9PA
Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staveley with Ings
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2024
Target decision date
4 July 2024
Application expires
25 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000006019
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jul

    Fell 4 cypress

    ApprovedTree Work in Conservation AreaT/2026/0135

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