Pillar House, Church Hill, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PQ Data via plota.co.uk
T/2026/0031 - Tree Work in Conservation Area
Approved
Proposal
Norway Maple tree (marked in red in notification) - Crown reduce by up to 4m. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Approved
1 Apr 2026
Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 26 Jul 2026
Site constraints 20
Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsRisk of Flooding from Surface WaterPrevious planning applicationsMain RiversRisk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaNutrient 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.
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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
39 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Pillar Cottage, Grade II, 20 m away · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 36 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.
Show all 39 with distances
- 20 mPillar CottageGrade II
- 22 mWordsworth HouseGrade II
- 29 mFern CottageGrade II
- 30 mLantern Cottage Ross CottageGrade II
- 36 mThe Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to WestGrade II
- 38 mFormer Bank, Bank House and FlatGrade II
- 40 mJasmine CottageGrade II
- 41 mWee CottageGrade II
- 44 mLittle Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage)Grade II
- 45 mHawkshead Market Hall and Market Hall CottageGrade II
- 46 mChapel CottageGrade II
- 50 mChurch of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I
- 55 mGrandy Nook Coffee ShopGrade II
- 57 mHawkshead Methodist ChurchGrade II
- 57 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- 63 mThe Minstrels' GalleryGrade II
- 63 mSundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's ChurchGrade II
- 65 mHawkshead War MemorialGrade II
- 68 mKing's Arms Public HouseGrade II
- 69 mLaburnum HouseGrade II
- 73 mAnne Tyson's CottageGrade II*
- 76 mBANK COTTAGE and RELISHGrade II
- 81 mHideaways and Adjoining HouseGrade II
- 81 mHawkshead Cooperative StoreGrade II
- 82 mSun Cottage Sun Inn Public HouseGrade II
- 90 mThe Corner ShopGrade II
- 93 mThimble HallGrade II
- 93 mBrown Cow Cottages Brown Cow LaitheGrade II
- 94 mFormer Barclays Bank, Bank House, and Doctor's SurgeryGrade II
- 100 mHawkshead Grammar SchoolGrade II*
- 101 mQueen's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 102 mGilmarver Flat Gilmarver House Lile TeashopGrade II
- 109 mInformation Centre and Bend Or BumpGrade II
- 110 mIvy House HotelGrade II
- 111 mFormer Solicitor's OfficeGrade II
- 115 mRed Lion HotelGrade II
- 122 mAnnexe to Red Lion HotelGrade II
- 128 mJessamine Cottage Rose CottageGrade II
- 133 mBarn Syke Helm LeaGrade II
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Water Supply and WasteCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Area of special control for advertsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Main RiversCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and SeaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Nutrient Neutrality CatchmentCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
HawksheadCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Also on the record
Ramsar wetland 358 m away: Esthwaite Water; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 358 m away: Esthwaite Water SSSI; 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.
Building
Floor area129 m² (1,389 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (41 out of 100)
PropertySemi-detached house, 7 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2010, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- Tree Work in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- LA22 0PQ
- Received
- 20 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Coniston and Hawkshead Ward
- Parish
- Hawkshead
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decision
- No Objection
- Decision date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Wilson
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one40d
Council40d
UK36d
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
- 20 Mar 2026
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
1 Chapel Cottage, Flag Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PE
Replacement of two windows on a like-for-like basis
2025
Approved
1 Chapel Cottage, Flag Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PE
Replacement of two windows on a like-for-like basis
2025
Approved
St Michael & All Angels Church, Hawkshead, LA22 0PQ
3 x Lawson Cypress trees (Listed as T3, T4 & T5 in notification) - Fell to ground level.
2025
Approved
2 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PH
Remedial works to alleviate the damp inside the property
2025
Approved
2 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PH
Remedial works to alleviate the damp inside the property.
2024
Approved
Land at Bragg Field, Land at Bragg Field, Hawkshead, LA22 0QW
Proposed local convenience store and petrol filling station with revised access from Brag…
2024
Approved
2 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PH
Restore Grade 2 Listed Property
2024
Withdrawn
Sun Inn, Main Street, Hawkshead, LA22 0NT
Change of use to a single holiday letting unit
2023
Refused
Rose Cottage, Fountain Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PF
Replacement of 7 windows - 5 at the front and 2 at the rear
2023
Approved
Brown Cow Laithe, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PH
Internal and external alterations
2023
Approved
Kings Arms Hotel, The Square, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0NZ
Extension to north, replacement windows & doors, new signage, general refurbishment and i…
2023
Approved
Old Kings Arms, The Square, Hawkshead, LA22 0NZ
Extension to north, replacement windows & doors, new signage, general refurbishment and i…
2023
Approved
3 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, LA22 0PH
Internal and external alterations
2023
Approved
3 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, LA22 0PH
Internal and external alterations
2023
Approved
Corner House, Flag Street, Hawkshead, LA22 0PE
Installation of small 'bobbin' bracket to receive a new overhead flight and a new cable o…
2023
Approved
2 Chapel Cottage, Flag Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PE
Installation of a small junction box to extend the mural wire by approx 3m
2022
Refused
Lakeland Hideaways, The Square, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NZ
Change of use of ground floor retail to create enlarged living space for first floor apar…
2022
Approved
Lakeland Hideaways, The Square, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NZ
Change of use of ground floor retail to create enlarged living space for first floor apar…
2022
Approved
Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead, LA22 0NT
Sycamore tree (listed as T1 in notification) - Re-coppice. Birch tree (listed as T2 in no…
2022
Approved
Land at Bragg Field, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QW
Convenience store with external ATM and associated parking (for rental tenure: first occu…
2016
Approved
Alices Cottage, The Square, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0NZ
Removal of internal wall / kitchen / doors / joinery, works to fireplace and chimney, rep…
2016
Withdrawn
The Barn Studio, Main Street, Hawkshead Ambleside, LA22 0NT
Proposed telecommunications site upgrade works
2016
Approved
Main Car Park, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NT
Removal of hanging branches from 1 birch
2016
Approved
Co Operative Wholesale Society Ltd, The Square, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NZ
Change of use of part of upper floors to 2 no. apartments
2016
Approved
Co Operative Wholesale Society Ltd, The Square, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NZ
Change of use of part of upper floors to 2 no. apartments
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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