Parish Church Of St Mary The Virgin Market Place Holy Island Northumberland TD15 2RX Data via plota.co.uk

26/03128/TREECA - Work to Trees in a Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area : T2 (Sycamore Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m above ground level, T3 (Sycamore Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m, reduce branches to East by 3m, reduce branches to South by 2m, remove major deadwood, clear lamppost by 1.5m, T4 (Sycamore Maple) - canopy lift to 2.4m above ground level, reduce branches to East and South by 2.5m, remove all major deadwood, T5 (Sycamore Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m above ground level, remove major deadwood, T6 (Norway Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m above ground level, T7 (Sycamore Maple) - Reduce lateral branches to West by 2m, east by 4m, North by 2.5m, canopy lift 2.4m, remove major deadwood, lower epicormic and minor stems, T8 (Sycamore Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m, remove low epicormic growth, T9 (Sycamore Maple) - Canopy lift to 2.4m, remove low epicormic growth, T10 (Elderberry) - Fell, T11 (Sycamore Maple) - Fell, T12 (Sycamore Maple_ - Canopy lift to 2.4m, reduce branches to East and North by 2m, remove major deadwood, T13 (Elderberry) - Fell, T14 (Whitebeam) -Canopy lift to 2.4m, sever competing Ivy, T15 (Elderberry) -Fell, T16 (Sycamore Maple) - Fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 5 Oct 2026 and 13 Oct 2026, from Northumberland (County)'s recent tree and landscaping works. The consultation period closed on 25 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 13

Grade I listed: Church of St Mary
List entry 1155369 · 7 m away · 6 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 4 Grade II)
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 ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Lindisfarne SPA/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.
Northumberland Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Bamburgh to Scottish Border inc Holy Island across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Holy Island 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Holy Island. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Heritage coast: North Northumberland
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Scheduled monument 39 m away: Lindisfarne Priory pre-Conquest monastery and post-Conquest Benedictine cell
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Ramsar wetland 95 m away: Lindisfarne
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.
SSSI 95 m away: Lindisfarne SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 25 m away: Maritime cliff and slope.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Application type
Work to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
TD15 2RX
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Norham & Islandshires
Parish
Holy Island
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Treespace Ltd
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Northumberland (County) usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 35.

Day 3125 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
269decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15204304
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Comments by
25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Northumberland (County)
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#207 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Northumberland (County) ranks #167 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Northumberland (County) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #158 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #178 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #167 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #210 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
223 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
36 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
71 decided
2,013
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.