185A Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4PR

25/0270/TPOWorks to TPO TreesApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Birch Tree (T1/T4) - Reduce in height by no more than 1-2 metres Oak Tree (T2) - Crown reduce by no more than 10-20% live crown mass Magnolia (T3) - Crown reduce by no more than 10/20% live crown mass

Received: 9 December 2025
Decision level: Tree Works Decision
Council: Lancaster City Council
Ward: Scotforth East Ward

ReceivedReceived9 Dec
ValidatedValidated17 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Jan
DecidedDecided6 Jan

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 185A Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4PR. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Scotforth East Ward. We hold 457 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 4PR
Application type: Works to TPO Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 December 2025
Target decision date: 14 January 2026
Permission expires: 6 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Arbor Ace Tree Care
Agent address: 1 Whitemoor Abbeystead Lancaster LA2 9BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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.

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