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Rufford Old Hall 200 Liverpool Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SG

T/2025/0047/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Birch Tree- Fell Sorbus x2- Fell Ash- Fell

Received
14 February 2025
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rufford Old Hall 200 Liverpool Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SG. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 weeks longer 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 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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
L40 1SG
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rufford

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Feb

    Birch Tree- Fell Sorbus x2- Fell Ash- Fell

    WithdrawnWorks to Protected TreesFiled alongsideT/2025/0026/TPO
  2. 2025
    14 Feb

    Birch Tree- Fell Sorbus x2- Fell Ash- Fell

    This applicationApprovedTreesT/2025/0047/TCA

Source: West Lancashire

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