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Hillcroft Nursing Home Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5DX

23/0073/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 23 June 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

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

Proposal

T001 Beech - Crown lift over road to 5.2m and crown reduce by 2.5m, Prune back from structure leaving 2.5m clearance, remove deadwood. T002 Sycamore - Pollard, remove deadwood. T003 Sycamore - Remove epicormic growth, remove deadwood. T004 Horse chestnut - Crown lift over road to 5.2m and drive to 4.5m, prune back from parking places leaving 4m clearance. T006 and T007 Sycamore - Remove deadwood. T008 Sycamore - Crown lift over road to 5.2m, remove crossing branches and deadwood. T009 Silver birch - Crown lift over road to 5.2m, prune back from property leaving 2-2.5m clearance.

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hillcroft Nursing Home Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5DX. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 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
LA1 5DX
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Target decision date
31 May 2023
Permission expires
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PMH Tree Surgeons
Agent address
5 Hawesmead Av Kendal LA9 5HB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12166421
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
3

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: Lancaster
  • 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 (22)

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, 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: Lancaster

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