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Telephone Exchange Church Street Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0ND

T/2024/0161/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 13 February 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent Subject to Conditions (TP)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Common Sycamore (1,2,3.) Raise crown heights to 5m to 6m

Received
11 December 2024
Ward
Up Holland Ward
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Telephone Exchange Church Street Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0ND. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Up Holland Ward. We hold 349 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 0ND
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greg Long Tree Care and Landscapes
Agent address
20 Dalton rd Belper Derbyshire DE56 0AF

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13238242
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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