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52 Main Street Overton Morecambe Lancashire LA3 3HF

23/0087/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 17 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduce and crown thin trees along retaining wall (Identified within 2020 tree survey as G174 and 100-115), removing no more than 30% leaf cover.

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Ward
Overton Ward
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 52 Main Street Overton Morecambe Lancashire LA3 3HF. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Overton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Overton Ward. We hold 617 applications in total for the LA3 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
LA3 3HF
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Overton

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
23 June 2023
Consultation start
9 June 2023
Consultation end
23 June 2023
Last date for comments
23 June 2023
Target decision date
23 June 2023
Permission expires
17 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
M R Tree Surgery
Agent address
Trough Beck Wyresdale Road Quernmore Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Overton
  • Special Protection Area: Morecambe Bay and Duddon EstuaryNext to the site

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, 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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