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Woodside 1 Quarry Drive Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BQ

T/2025/0074/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 is and T2 are the closest trees located to Woodside, however , a neighbour of there's has flagged concerns about T3. For this application we are mostly concerned with T2 amd T3. They are located in the quarry woodland. The property would like to seek permission to remove the trees to ensure safety of his property. T 3 - Mature Sycamore , dead. Remove T 2 - Mature elm, heavy lean. Remove

Received
29 October 2025
Ward
Aughton & Holborn Ward
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Woodside 1 Quarry Drive Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BQ. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days 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 5BQ
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
BotanEco Trees and Gardens
Agent address
87 Lexton Drive Southport PR9 8QN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447395
Documents
3

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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