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3 The Rowans Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6TD

T/2023/0042/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 16 May 2023

Council decision: Part Refusal/Part Consent (TPO)Work to Trees TPO

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1-Crown raise to approximately 30 feet. Remove all the lowest branches to allow more light into the property and into the garden. Create 15 feet clearance on branches over hanging the house and phone line. Reduce lower lateral growing towards the road and footpath.T2- Crown raise approximately 30 feet, remove lowest limbsT3- Crown raise approximately 30 feet. Remove lower limbs particularly the large horizontal limb growing towards the road. The largest/ tallest bough of the tree would benefit from being reduced by a third to a suitable growth point in order to reduce its weight and make it safer. Reduce lower lateral growing towards the road and footpath

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Work to Trees TPO
Ward
Aughton And Downholland
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 The Rowans Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6TD. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 postcode area.

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

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Application details

Postcode
L39 6TD
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
87 Lexton Drive Churchtown PR9 8QN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12022829
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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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: West Lancashire

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