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2 Melling Hall Melling Road Melling Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2RA

25/0263/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 2 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

3 x Conifer (G1) - Reduce height by up to 30% and rebalance tops after, reduce side of one conifer roadside up to wall height to aid maintenance. Alder - Balance crown after works to conifers.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Ward
Upper Lune Valley Ward
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Melling Hall Melling Road Melling Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2RA. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Melling conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Upper Lune Valley Ward. We hold 2,140 applications in total for the LA6 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
LA6 2RA
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling With Wrayton

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
2 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wood4theTrees
Agent address
Meadowlands Main Street ARKHOLME LA6 1AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14531054
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Melling
  • Listed building: Grade II: MilestoneOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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, 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.

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