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Applegarth Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UL

2025/2105/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Tree CA No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

S211 Notification, works to trees in conservation area - 1 – Golden Elm Reduce by height and spread by up to 1/3rd. Approximately 1-2 metres in height & spread. Resulting in a finished height of 8-10 metres and a spread of 6-8 metres. 2 – Ornamental Thorn Target prune to create crown separation from, and frame Golden Elm (neighbouring). Reduction in height and spread of circa 1 metre, resulting in a finished height of 3-4 ms and a spread of 2-3 metres. 3 – Pear. Reduce lateral Growth of 2 / 3 lowest branches by approximately 1/3 to suitable growth points to reduce loading. Reduce upper canopy by 30-60cms to re-balance. 4 – Silver Birch. Crown reduce by 2-4 metres in height, resulting in a finished height of 12-15 ms, and thin by approximately 10%. 5 – Leylandii Hedge. Chamfer inside and flatten onto top, merge to follow ground level. Maintaining inside and top edges. 6 – Beech/ Laburnum. Beech topiary and multi stemmed Laburnum – having formed companion shelter. Removal of Laburnum due to poor structure and age. Reduce and re-shape companion Beech to maintain screen and shape. 7 – Beech Topiary. Reduce by approximately 2-4 feet in height, reducing the width to replicate shape / balance – but as a smaller bush.

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Penrith North
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Applegarth Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UL. Westmorland and Furness has handled 1,133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Penrith New Streets conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 7UL
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Application expires
9 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Cumberland Close Clifton PENRITH CA102EN

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.

  • Conservation area: Penrith New Streets
  • 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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