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42 Otterstye View Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5BH

T/2026/0048/TPOWorks to Protected TreesApproved

Approved on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent Subject to Conditions (TP)

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

Proposal

G1 - group of trees on boundary with adjacent land comprising of 4 Ash, 3 Maple and 2 Cherry trees. Crown reduce (height) by 2m.

Received
15 May 2026
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 Otterstye View Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5BH. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,096 applications in total for the PR8 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
PR8 5BH
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Protree
Agent address
9 Windermere crescent Southport pr8 3qs GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14937241
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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