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Far Barn Back Lane Gressingham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LW

16/0041/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 7 April 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

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

Proposal

Remove lowest x3 branches and reduce the canopy by a maximum of 20% of a single mature sycamore

Received
24 March 2016
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Ward
Upper Lune Valley Ward 2015
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Far Barn Back Lane Gressingham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LW. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Gressingham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Lancaster City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA2 8LW
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gressingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2016
Consultation expiry
23 April 2016
Consultation start
1 April 2016
Consultation end
23 April 2016
Last date for comments
23 April 2016
Target decision date
7 April 2016
Decision issued
12 April 2016
Permission expires
12 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
R Watson Tree Surgery
Agent address
Beck Cottage Gressingham Lancashire LA2 8LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Gressingham
  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

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