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144 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AG

T/2024/0021/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 21 February 2024

Council decision: Grant Consent Subject to Conditions (TP)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Lime - Fell - Tree is in close proximity to front wall and highway footpath, beginning to cause damage to wall and path, restricts visibility to highway and access width of driveway. T2 - Cypress - Fell - Damaging wall, planted in unsiuitbable location and is now damaging the low garden wall and restricting access width to property. T3 - Cypress - Fell - Damaging wall, planted in unsiuitbable location and is now damaging the low garden wall and restricting access width to property. T4 - Cherry - Fell - Planted in unsuitable location, roots damaging garden wall and damaging tarmac on driveway. T9 - Cypress - Fell - Planted too close to garage and damage is imminent, not viable to prune and manage.

Received
10 January 2024
Ward
Aughton & Holborn Ward
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 144 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AG. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Aughton & Holborn Ward. 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 5AG
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 Derby Drive St Helens WA11 8EX

Additional information

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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