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Melville House Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QY

2026/0637/TCATree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 April 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 Holly - Removal of two roadside stems, this has been requested by Westmorland Council due to this Holly obstructing the light from the lampost. Also reduce height of the garden side stem by approx. 2-3m. T2 Yew - Prune branches back approx 1m to prevent it from overhanging the road below the 5.2m limit, raise canopy on garden side and reduce height by approx 2m. T3 Holly - Raise canopy on garden side and reduce height by approx 2m. T4 Yew - Prune back branches approx 1m to prevent it from overhanging the road below the 5.2m limit and raise canopy on the garden side. T5 Cypress - Raise canopy on the garden side. T6 Holly - Remove limb pressing against the fence on the roadside and remove branches growing over the road. T7 Yew - Prune back branches approx 1m to prevent them overhanging the road and reduce height by approx 2m. T8 Holly - Remove the entire stem that provides the branches overhanging the road and reduce height by approx 2m. T9 Portuguese Laurel - Remove dead and dying branches beneath the canopy with live growth.

Received
25 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Penrith North
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Melville House Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QY. 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 Penrith New Streets conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 7QY
Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penrith

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Application expires
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Low Farm Langwathby Penrith CA10 1NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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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