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The Willows Watchwood Drive Lytham Lytham St Annes Lancashire FY8 4NP

25/0640Works to TPO TreesRefused

Refused on 24 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

PROPOSED WORKS TO BEECH TREE TO EDGE OF BROOK PROTECTED AS PART OF W30 OF TPO/51/0007. WORKS INVOLVE REMOVAL OF CROWN TO LEAVE 5M TALL STEM

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE WILLOWS WATCHWOOD DRIVE LYTHAM LYTHAM ST ANNES LANCASHIRE FY8 4NP. Fylde has handled 105 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Fylde's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,193 applications in total for the FY8 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Fylde Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The works proposed in this application relate to the Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) identified as T1 on the annotated aerial image supplied with this application and shown in the associated supporting photographs. The works proposed are to remove the entire crown and leave a 5m stem as a habitat pole. These works are REFUSED as the evidence presented in the application does not demonstrate an immediate or high-risk structural failure warranting removal of the entire crown and conversion to a habitat pole. Furthermore, the officer examination of the tree in situ confirmed that the tree was a good specimen that contributes positively to the tree cover in the area as an individual tree and as part of the woodland. This decision is to ensure compliance with the requirements of Policy GD7 of the Fylde Local Plan to 2032 (incorporating Partial Review).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
FY8 4NP
Application type
Works to TPO Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 CALDER CLOSE KIRKHAM PR4 2ZE

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Registered park and garden: Lytham Hall

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Fylde

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