16 Birches Road Turton Bolton BL7 0DZ
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 (Dutch Elm) - Fell
- Received
- 17 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- West Pennine
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 0 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 16 Birches Road Turton Bolton BL7 0DZ. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 236 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Edgworth and Turton Bottoms conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across West Pennine. 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 0DZ
- Application type
- Application to undertake works to protected trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North Turton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2026
- Application expires
- 14 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 46 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Edgworth and Turton Bottoms
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, listed buildings, green belt, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Blackburn with Darwen
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