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Christ Church Back Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7XB

T/2026/0055/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent for works (TCA)

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

Proposal

T1 - Oak, Crown lift to approx. 4m over road and 2.5m over graveyard T2 - Oak, Crown lift to approx. 4m over road and 2.5m over graveyard T3 - Birch, Dead standing, Remove.

Received
27 July 2026
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Christ Church Back Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7XB. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 7XB
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Woodside Tanfield Nook Parbold Lancashire WN8 7DQ GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15110887
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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