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The Barn Brandreth Park Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AG

T/2026/0040/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

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

Proposal

Removal of Laurel. This is overgrown and blocks light to the back of the house in the evening. Pruning or removal of small oak tree in front of the Laurel, the branches overhang the garden considerably. This tree has self seeded from the TPO which is positioned above the tree.

Received
27 May 2026
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Barn Brandreth Park Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AG. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 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
WN8 7AG
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Parbold

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14963967
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.

  • 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.

© 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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