St James's Church, Brow Lane, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PA Data via plota.co.uk
T/2026/0135 - Tree Work in Conservation Area
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Proposal
4 x Cypress trees (marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4 in notification) - Fell to ground lev Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Validated
30 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026
Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026
Site constraints 14
Water Supply and WasteArea of special control for advertsPrevious planning applicationsStaveley
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.
Staveley 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.
Special area of conservation 96 m away: River Kent
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Church of St James, Grade II, 20 m away · 3 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 3 with distances
- 20 mChurch of St JamesGrade II
- 54 mKentmere Mills (Printed Cartons and Boxes) Immediately South West of Barley BridgeGrade II
- 114 mBarley Bridge Over the River KentGrade II
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 96 m away: River Kent and Tributaries SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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.
Previous planning applicationsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
StaveleyCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Staveley (Westmorland and Furness) 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.
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- Council
- Lake District
- Application type
- Tree Work in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- LA8 9PA
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Upper Kent Ward
- Parish
- Staveley with Ings
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 8 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Do Not Serve Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
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- Agent
- Radiata Specialist Tree Services
How this decision compares
Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one39d
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
- 27 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
Willow tree (listed as 1 in notification) - Remove 1 x stem adjacent to wall, reduce crow…
2024
Approved
1 x Ash tree (marked as 1 in notification) - Dismantle to leave 5m habitat monolith. 1 x…
2024
Approved
Fell 1 cypress - 5 day notice
2020
Approved
Installation of external doors to the south porch of the church. External landscape works…
2019
Approved
Fell 1 sycamore
2018
Approved
Fell 1 cypress
Within ~100m
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2020
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2019
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2019
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2016
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Conservatory extension to existing house
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