Yewtrees, Church Street, Beetham, LA77AL

Planning appeal 6010626 at Yewtrees, Church Street, Beetham, LA77AL (Westmorland and Furness Council) was dismissed on 28 October 2026, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal preserves the Grade II listed building of Yew Tree House Yew Tree Post Office Yew Trees, including its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses, and whether the proposal would preserve the character or appearance of the Beetham Conservation Area (Appeals A and B).

A 3m wide gated entrance is proposed to the rear of Yewtrees, providing access to a 7m long stone surfaced drive, widening to approximately 6m and incorporating a vehicle charging point. The gateway will be framed with new stone quoins and fitted with simple timber gates

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council
Appeal type: other · Planning listed building and conservation area
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential
Postcode: LA7 7AL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal preserves the Grade II listed building of Yew Tree House Yew Tree Post Office Yew Trees, including its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses, and whether the proposal would preserve the character or appearance of the Beetham Conservation Area (Appeals A and B)
the effect of the proposed development on highway safety (Appeal A)

What decided it

This decision was issued in the last week. We have picked out what decided it and the planning balance. They are in the app now, beside the letter.

See them with an account

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS1.1Policy CS8.10Policy DM1Policy DM2Policy DM3Policy DM9
National Planning Policy Framework: Policy S3Policy S4Policy HE6Policy DP3Policy TR4

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

5 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.