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1 Dolphinholme Mill Wagon Road Dolphinholme Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9AU

26/0066/TCAWorks to Trees in Cons AreaApproved

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedTree Works Decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Chestnut - 30% Crown reduction Sycamore - 30% Crown reduction Ash - Fell

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Tree Works Decision
Ward
Ellel Ward
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Dolphinholme Mill Wagon Road Dolphinholme Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9AU. Lancaster has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Dolphinholme conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Ellel 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 9AU
Application type
Works to Trees in Cons Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ellel

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Last date for comments
27 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026
Permission expires
11 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
M R Tree Surgery
Agent address
Trough Beck Wyresdale Road Quernmore Lancaster LA1 9EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Dolphinholme
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, 3 and 5, Wagon RoadOn or next to this 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, 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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