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St Stephens Church Church Walk Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QX

2026/0066/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 February 2026

Council decision: Tree CA No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

S211 Conservation Area tree works notification: T1 Ash - hybrid whole crown reduction/pollard of certain limbs. 2-4m material removal at reduction points, approx 6m material removal to pollard points. Works are planned to ensure the continued integrity of nearby properties and infrastructure, including the fabric of the church building and grounds. T2 Conifer - fell. G1 Conifer group - remove to ground level, approx 6 trees blocking access to heating system and to protect the fabric of the church building and grounds.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Stephens Church Church Walk Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QX. Westmorland and Furness has handled 1,133 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in the Kirkby Stephen conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Kirkby Stephen and Tebay. We hold 414 applications in total for the CA17 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
CA17 4QX
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirkby Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Application expires
24 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Kirkby Stephen
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church HallOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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