Williamson Park Wyresdale Road Lancaster Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/0198/TCA
Trees & landscaping
Council
Lancaster 5/10
Date received
6 Oct 2026
Date validated
6 Oct 2026

Description

Fell 5 lime trees and replant 10 trees within wider park; Pollard remaining limes within avenue and manage on 5-7 year cycle. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 7 Nov 2026, from Lancaster's recent tree and landscaping works.

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Lancaster usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 32.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
25%go to committee

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

Site constraints 7

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Williamson Park, Grade II, about 20 m from the postcode pin · 8 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 ↗
Lancaster - Williamson Park 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 ↗
Registered park or garden about 13 m away: Ashton Memorial Gardens and Williamson Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1876 m away: Heysham to M6 Link Road; Priority habitat about 5 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 8 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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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Lancaster
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#147 of 296 councils
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Householder decisions

Lancaster is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #84 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

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Lancaster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #237 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #231 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #84 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #130 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
45 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
48 decided
717
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026
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