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The Rectory 76 Rectory Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0QF

P/2016/0104/TPOTPO ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 March 2016

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to trees covered by a tree preservation order to crown lift/prune 1no horse chestnut,and fell 1no sycamore.

Received
11 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
Agent
Tree Health Consulting Ltd
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory 76 Rectory Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0QF. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green Ward. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN4 0QF
Application type
TPO Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2016
Consultation expiry
17 March 2016
Consultation start
15 February 2016
Consultation end
7 March 2016
Last date for comments
17 March 2016
Target decision date
7 April 2016
Decision issued
4 April 2016
Permission expires
4 April 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Health Consulting Ltd
Agent address
3 Blackberry Way Woodseaves Stafford Staffs ST20 0QZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2016
Site notice end
17 March 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: St Helens

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