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11 Greenacres Edgworth Bolton BL7 0QG

10/15/1197Application to undertake works to protected treesApproved

Approved on 26 October 2015

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift of secondary branches up to 1/3 of the total tree height.

Received
3 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Turton With Tockholes
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Greenacres Edgworth Bolton BL7 0QG. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 236 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BL7 0QG
Application type
Application to undertake works to protected trees
Development type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Turton

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2015
Last date for comments
3 October 2015
Target decision date
16 October 2015
Application expires
27 November 2015
Permission expires
26 October 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Blackburn with DarwenNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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