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9 Riggs Close GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6SX

2024/2165/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 December 2024

Council decision: TREE CA NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Weeping birch - Re-balance and 25% thinning of the crown. Please see the image enclosed. T2 - Conifer to be felled.

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Grange and Cartmel
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Riggs Close GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6SX. Westmorland and Furness has handled 1,133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Grange over Sands conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Grange and Cartmel. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the LA11 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
LA11 6SX
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grange-over-Sands

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2024
Application expires
23 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lakeland Gardens Nursery New Road Windermere Cumbria LA23 2LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Grange over Sands

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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