St Peters Church Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1615/TCA - Tree in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Notification under Section 211 for works to trees in a conservation area comprising T1) Cypress - remove large lower horizontal scaffold lines back to stem. T2) Cypress - fell, history of structural failures, above path. T3 & T4) Portuguese Laurel - re-pollard both. T5) Holly - fell, poor form, biased over road. T6) Laurel - coppice, overgrown and overhanging road. T7) Yew - reduce to approx 2m. T8) Yew - reduce to approx 2m. T9) Yew - poor form, reduce to visible pruning points to encourage new growth (approx 1.6m) and T10) Holly - overhanging road - prune to give 5.5m clearance above road Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; Conservation area about 71 m away: Heversham; Inside the Heversham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Application type
Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
LA7 7EW
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
Levens and Crooklands
Parish
Heversham
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree CA No Objection
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bergen Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, 7 days faster than Westmorland and Furness's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
233decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Sept 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026