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Riverside Cottage, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9NA

T/2026/0171Tree Work in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 October 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Lawson Cypress and T2 Lawson Cypress: Reduce height by approx. 3m

Received
16 September 2026
Council
Lake District
Ward
Upper Kent Ward
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Riverside Cottage, Staveley, Kendal, LA8 9NA. Lake District has handled 16 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Upper Kent Ward. We hold 626 applications in total for the LA8 postcode area.

90% of all 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 9NA
Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Parish
Staveley with Ings

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2026
Target decision date
1 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucy Saunders

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Staveley
  • World Heritage Site: The English Lake District
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Kent SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: Lake District
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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

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© 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.

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