Sycamore House Ball Lane Caton Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9QN Data via plota.co.uk

26/0051/TPO - Works to TPO Trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Sycamore - Reduce elongated lower limbs as shown on the annotated image attached to the application Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Mar 2026
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Validated
17 Mar 2026
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Consultation
17 Mar 2026
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Approved
20 Apr 2026

Approved on 20 Apr 2026 · Tree Works Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision Notices (p) · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Tree survey with location plan Supporting Information (p) · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Forms (p) · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Ash House, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Forest Of Bowland 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Caton 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
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

Council
Lancaster
Application type
Works to TPO Trees
Postcode
LA2 9QN
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Lower Lune Valley Ward
Parish
Caton With Littledale
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 May 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
20 Apr 2026
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, about the council's usual 32 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Mar 2026
Comments by
31 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
12 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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Lancaster
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#147 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings