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The Square, Broughton in Furness, LA20 6JF

T/2025/0150Tree Work in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Horse Chestnut. The tree is infected with Phytophthora. However, to prolong the life of the tree, we would like to crown clean the tree removing all dead wood from the canopy, along with an all round 4 metre crown lift to clear the shelter and parking bays.

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
High Furness Ward
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Square, Broughton in Furness, LA20 6JF. Lake District has handled 917 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across High Furness Ward. We hold 117 applications in total for the LA20 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
LA20 6JF
Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Duddon
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2025
Target decision date
1 October 2025
Application expires
18 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14252765
UPRN
MAN000000000008146
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.

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.

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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