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Parish Church Of St Laurence Union Street Chorley PR7 1AB

23/00886/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 3 January 2024

Council decision: Consent for Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 3 (Chorley) 1980: T13 Ash, T14 and T16 Sycamores and T22, T24, T25 and T26 Beech Trees - Prune branches by up to 2 metres to provide clearance from the parish church

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorley North West
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided3 Jan

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Parish Church Of St Laurence Union Street Chorley PR7 1AB. Chorley has handled 254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Laurence's, Chorley conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Chorley North West. We hold 1,618 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.

88% of trees applications at Chorley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR7 1AB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorley

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2023
Target decision date
25 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12539369
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Laurence's, Chorley
  • 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, 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.

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: Chorley

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