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The Braithwaite Hall, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, LA22 0LQ

T/2025/0205Tree Work in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Sycamore tree (marked as T1 in the notification) - Crown raise parts of the tree overhanging the highway to 5m above ground level. T2 laurel - fell to ground - approval not required for shrubs.

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Lake District
Ward
Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Braithwaite Hall, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, LA22 0LQ. Lake District has handled 917 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lake District's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Coniston and Hawkshead Ward. 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 0LQ
Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Claife
District
South Lakeland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Target decision date
30 November 2025
Application expires
24 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000038453
Documents
5

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: Far Sawrey
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • National park: Lake District
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Lake District

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