Green Gables, Longtail Hill, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JD Data via plota.co.uk

T/2026/0158 - Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Cypress tree (listed as T1 in notification) - Fell to ground level. Thuja tree Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Validated
7 Sept 2026
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Approved
15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 15

Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsRisk of Flooding from Surface WaterPrevious planning applicationsRisk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaConservation areaWindermere Villas
Lake District National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
World heritage site: The English Lake District
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Area of special control for advertsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Conservation areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Windermere VillasCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Storrs built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £665,000 in October 2001. Detached house, freehold.

31 October 2001£665,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Postcode
LA23 3JD
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Bowness and Lyth Ward
Parish
Windermere
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Treecare Co

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
254decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Lake District in the last twelve months, from validation. Lake District decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15204908
Statutory expiry
5 Oct 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.