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Gressingham Hall Fall Kirk Gressingham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LP

25/0273/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Fell T2 Beech - Fell T3 Beech - Fell

Received
18 December 2025
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Public comments
1
Ward
Halton-with-Aughton And Kellet Ward
Agent
Westmorland Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gressingham Hall Fall Kirk Gressingham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LP. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Gressingham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Halton-with-Aughton And Kellet Ward. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 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
LA2 8LP
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gressingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
1 January 2026
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Consultation end
1 January 2026
Last date for comments
1 January 2026
Target decision date
1 January 2026
Permission expires
29 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Westmorland Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
3 brookfield close holme carnforth Cumbria LA61QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14574992
Documents
8
Constraints
2

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: Gressingham
  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    10 Jan

    x1 Lime Tree (T1) - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Cons Area22/0004/TCA
  2. 2021
    16 Mar

    x1 Lime Tree - Reduce the height of the defected/decayed leader by 30% minimum

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Cons Area21/0047/TCA
  3. 2020
    28 Oct

    T1 Birch - Reduce crown T2 Variegated Holly - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Cons Area20/0222/TCA
  4. 2019
    15 Apr

    Beech (T1) - Fell, Beech (T2) - Fell, Beech (T3) - Fell, Beech (T4) - Fell, Cedar (T5) - Prune to remove…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Cons Area19/0055/TCA
  5. 2017
    10 Jul

    Listed building application for the repointing of the east and north elevations using lime mortar

    ApprovedListed building consent17/00838/LB
  6. 2017
    9 Jan

    Selective branch removal affecting a single mature beech tree, fell a diseased horse chestnut and fell a…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Cons Area17/0004/TCA

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