T/2025/0084/TPOPlanning Application T/2025/0084/TPO
Trees application at Bescar Lane Methodist Church Bescar Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QS, West Lancashire. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.
Tree Details: Sketch map reference: T1 Species: Ulmus spp. (Elm) Status: Dead Location: On the left-hand side of the main entrance to the church, adjacent to the highway and overhanging Bescar Lane. Ownership/Responsibility: Southport Methodist Circuit Observations: The elm tree is a mature specimen with co-dominant stems. It is completely dead and displays clear signs of Dutch Elm Disease (DED), including: Total absence of vegetative growth Peeling bark Presence of beetle galleries beneath the bark Extensive hanging deadwood throughout the crown The tree?s structural integrity is compromised, and its location adjacent to a public road increases the risk it poses to pedestrians, vehicles, and church visitors. Recommendation: Complete removal of the elm tree
T/2025/0084/TPO
Bescar Lane Methodist Church Bescar Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QS
This is a tree application at Bescar Lane Methodist Church Bescar Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QS. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 36 days. This one was decided in 20 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,120 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.
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