Bankfield Hall Access Road To Bankfield Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0SX Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1639/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Works to tree subject to South Lakeland DC TPO No175 2002 comprising T1) Silver Birch - Fell, has suffered a partial root plate failure and is now resting in T2. T2) Silver Birch - Fell, has T1 resting in it and has deflected from vertical. Both trees are overhanging an adjacent domestic garage. Replace with 2 Silver Birch Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Great Urswick built-up area; Open access land about 43 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £400,000 in May 2022. Other property, freehold.

3 May 2022£400,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
LA12 0SX
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Low Furness
Parish
Urswick
Case officer
Show
Decision
TPO Approved
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Yew Tree and Gardens
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 7 days slower 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
13 Oct 2026
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.