29 Hesketh Green Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UN

T/2026/0035/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

See attached map for location of the tree I am applying to remove HSK05, mountain ash, as the tree is in decline and dying.

Received: 24 April 2026
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated24 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Apr

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29 Hesketh Green Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UN. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 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 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford 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 1UN
Application type: Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Rufford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14884857
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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