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The Rookery 98 Cottage Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3NJ

T/2025/0098/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent Subject to Conditions (TP)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 sycamore fell to ground level Poor specimen with large cavity with advanced decay T2 sycamore crown lift over highway 4m reduce crown away from building. Due to proximity T3 Lime removal of epicormic growth and secondary growth on main limbs crown thin 20% T4 Lime removal of epicormic growth and secondary growth on main limbs crown thin 20% T5 Beech removal of dead wood crown reduction away from neighbouring property crown thin 20% T6 Beech crown lift 4m reduction back to growth points to clear neighbouring property T7Sycamore removal of lowest limbs overhanging neighbours

Received
29 August 2025
Ward
Ormskirk East Ward
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rookery 98 Cottage Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3NJ. 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, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Ormskirk East 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 3NJ
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Tony Woods Treefelling
Agent address
Warmrow Farm Blythe Lane Lathom L40 5TY

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14051269
Documents
2

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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