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22 Vicarage Lane Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HQ

T/2026/0061/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

T1 cedar fell. Adds little amenty Value as has been heavily suppressed to the west by other surrounding trees namely 2 Italian alders subject to a TPO. We wish to not replant to allow alders more room to grow after the ivy has been severed/removed.Tree has also been topped historically now.

Received
11 June 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 22 Vicarage Lane Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HQ. West Lancashire has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 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 6HQ
Application type
Works to Protected Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
smn tree and landscape management
Agent address
283 Spring Road Wigan WN5 0JJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Critchley

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15002788
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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