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3 Church Close Levens KENDAL LA8 8QE

2026/1804/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: TPO Approved

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

Proposal

Works to trees subject to South Lakeland DC TPO No 38 1981 comprising Sycamore, Crown reduce by 2m all over crown and crown thin by 25%

Received
15 September 2026
Council
Westmorland and Furness
Ward
Levens and Crooklands
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 3 Church Close Levens KENDAL LA8 8QE. Westmorland and Furness has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Levens and Crooklands. We hold 630 applications in total for the LA8 postcode area.

94% of tree preservation order 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
LA8 8QE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Parish
Levens

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Church Close Levens LA8 8QE
Applicant company

Tree Skills Ltd

Company number 08563964

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
11 Jun 2013 (13 years old)
Nature of business
Support services to forestry
Registered office
Kendal
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Graham Nicholson

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 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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