Lancaster Lane Parbold Lancashire

T/2026/0008/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

Proposal

Sketch picture - Green circle marks the location of a cherry tree we wish to remove. Yellow dots are three deciduous trees for which we wish to prune any overhanging branches up to 6m high. Works to allow for replacement electricity switchgear to be crane lifted into the site and installed as part of national infrastructure upgrades.

Received: 2 February 2026
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Rural North East Ward
Agent: Timothy's NW ltd

ReceivedReceived2 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lancaster Lane Parbold Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 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 155 applications across Rural North East Ward.

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

Application type: Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Parbold

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Timothy's NW ltd
Agent address: Cravens Cottage Cravens Avenue Blackburn BB24LB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer: Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14672582
Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: West Lancashire

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