The Chocolate Factory Shop, Main Street, Hawkshead, LA22 0NT Data via plota.co.uk

T/2026/0039 - Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Ash tree (marked as Ash tree in notification) - Fell to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Mar 2026
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Validated
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
16 Apr 2026

Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 17

Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsPlanning enquiryNutrient Neutrality CatchmentHawkshead
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Esthwaite Water Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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 ↗
Hawkshead conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Ramsar wetland 212 m away: Esthwaite Water
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
16 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Old School House, Grade II, 41 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 14 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Planning enquiryCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
HawksheadCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
SSSI 212 m away: Esthwaite Water SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Hawkshead 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.

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Important details

Council
Lake District
Application type
Tree Work in Conservation Area
Postcode
LA22 0NT
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
Parish
Hawkshead
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
16 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Thornley Tree Services

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.

98%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
173decided 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

Statutory expiry
6 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Hawkshead Esthwaite School, Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0NT
Acer tree (marked as Acer in notification) - Prune crown growing near the school building…
T/2023/0163
2023 Withdrawn
Hawkshead Primary School, Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0NT
Fell 1 Acer tree
T/2023/0133
2018 Approved
Hawkshead Esthwaite School, Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0NT
Single storey extension
7/2018/5349