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2 St Aidan's Drive Widnes Cheshire WA8 5AG

24/00424/TPOWorks to trees covered by a TPORefused

Refused on 9 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed works to trees covered by TPO 025: Crown reduction by 1.5m on Sycamore Trees T1, T2 and T3 at

Received
11 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Birchfield
Agent
Cloud Nine Tree Services
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 149 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 St Aidan's Drive Widnes Cheshire WA8 5AG. Halton has handled 111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Birchfield. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

87% of trees applications at Halton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WA8 5AG
Application type
Works to trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2024
Consultation expiry
8 December 2024
Consultation start
14 November 2024
Consultation end
5 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
8 December 2024
Last date for comments
8 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Cloud Nine Tree Services
Agent address
Cloud Nine Tree Services 5 Long Hey Wiston Prescot L35 3JN

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Sturdy
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 025Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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