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Steel House Townhead ALSTON CA9 3SL

2025/2479/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Tree CA No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

S211 Notification; Conservation Area tree works: Lilac Bush (T1) – full removal of tree, to provide more light to Steel House and neighbouring property, also to prevent future structural damage to Steel House as roots grow under the building.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Alston and Fellside
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Steel House Townhead ALSTON CA9 3SL. Westmorland and Furness has handled 1,133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Alston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Alston and Fellside. We hold 67 applications in total for the CA9 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
CA9 3SL
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alston Moor

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Consultation expiry
30 January 2026
Consultation end
30 January 2026
Application expires
8 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Osborne House Cumbria Alston CA9 3SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Alston
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Alston
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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