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1 Grove Close Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0LD

T/2025/0074/TPOWorks to Protected TreesRefused

Refused on 15 July 2025

Council decision: Refuse works (TPO)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 (Beech) - Crown reduce by a total of 3 metres to control crown size, increase amenity value and reduce wind leverage on branch unions. T2 (Pine) - Fell due to unbalanced crown and in close proximity to dwelling, suppressed by Beech tree.

Received
12 June 2025
Ward
Up Holland Ward
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Grove Close Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0LD. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 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 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 0LD
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
CJM Tree Care
Agent address
4 Welland Road Ashton in Makerfield WN48UB

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14094881
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: West LancashirePart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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