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The Knoll Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5EF

25/0217/TPOWorks to TPO TreesAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

x1 Sycamore and x3 Willow - reduce height of the trees by 1/3 and prune lower branches

Received
17 October 2025
Decision due
14 November 2025
Ward
Marsh Ward
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at The Knoll Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5EF. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Cannon Hill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Marsh Ward. We hold 457 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
LA1 5EF
Application type
Works to TPO Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lancaster - Cannon Hill
  • Listed building: Grade II: The KnollOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: The Knoll, Westbourne Road, Lancaster, LA1 5EFRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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