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Shearman House Benson Row PENRITH CA11 7YW

2024/1666/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 October 2024

Council decision: TREE CA NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1) Plum - reduce to half height 2) Plum - crown reduce 2m 3) Apple - reduce over extending branches by up to 2m 4,5) Laburnum - Crown reduce 1.15m for maintenance 6) Eucalyptus - Trim regrowth, crown reduce by 1m

Received
9 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Penrith North
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Shearman House Benson Row PENRITH CA11 7YW. Westmorland and Furness has handled 1,133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Penrith conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Penrith North. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the CA11 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA11 7YW
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2024
Consultation expiry
3 October 2024
Consultation start
12 September 2024
Consultation end
3 October 2024
Application expires
20 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Shearman House Benson Row Penrith CA11 7YW

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

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.

  • Conservation area: Penrith
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Eden SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, 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: Westmorland and Furness

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