2 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Approved on 27 October 2025
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
Proposal
T1 - Copper Beech situated at the front of the property adjoining Hand Lane. Sectional dismantle to ground level due to large amounts of Meripilus at the base of the tree.
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Ward
- Leigh South
- Agent
- Harrison Tree Services (North West) LImited
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Oct
Decided in 6 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 8 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Pennington, Leigh conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leigh South. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.
97% of trees applications at Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WN7 3LP
- Application type
- Work to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Harrison Tree Services (North West) LImited
- Agent address
- 47 Alfred Road Lowton Warrington WA3 1EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Pennington, Leigh
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: 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
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© 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.
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Source: Wigan
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