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Fairhurst Hall Chorley Road Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AN

T/2024/0080/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 November 2024

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Mature Beech tree showing signs of severe deterioration. Evidence includes shedding of very large limbs, sparse crown, discolouration of sapwood and fruiting bodies around root plate area. Tree is within failing distance of high use road leading to dwelling with the potential for serious injury from further fails. Request to reduce tree to an appropriate stem that can remain in situ for habitat whilst being de-limbed removing the risk of limb failure or tree falling into high use areas.

Received
20 November 2024
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fairhurst Hall Chorley Road Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AN. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 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
WN8 7AN
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hilldale

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Kenyon Lane Lowton Wa3 1lg

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Fairhurst HallOn this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    20 Nov

    T1 Mature Beech tree showing signs of severe deterioration. Evidence includes shedding of very large limbs…

    This applicationApprovedTreesT/2024/0080/TCA
  2. 2024
    20 Nov

    T1 Mature Beech tree showing signs of severe deterioration. Evidence includes shedding of very large limbs…

    WithdrawnWorks to Protected TreesFiled alongsideT/2024/0152/TPO

Source: West Lancashire

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