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Highlands 99 Ruff Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HA

T/2026/0009/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Part Refusal/Part Consent (TPO)

Proposal

T1 Beech - Crown Reduction up to 20%. To improve daylight to the property & maintain a well balanced canopy not overly dominating the property or road side. T2 Sycamore - Reduce one low limb growing towards the property to allow for 2m clearance.

Received
2 February 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highlands 99 Ruff Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HA. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer 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 115 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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
L40 6HA
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Poplar Tree Solutions
Agent address
16 Chesterfield Road Crosby Crosby L23 9XW

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14670578
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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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