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664A Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1UB

A/25/100205/WTTPOWork to Trees - TPOApproved

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Sycamore Crown reduction of laterals by 1.5m. Crown reduction of height by 2.5m. Removal of deadwood T2 - Cherry Fell to ground level. Poor specimen. Historic cuts have lead tom poor form. Fungal brackets at 3.0m and 4.0m on NE face. T3 - Sycamore Crown raise to 4.0m. Crown reduction of laterals by 1.5m. Crown reduction of height by 2.5m. Removal of deadwood. T4 - Cherry sp. Remove epicormic growth. Crown reduction by 1.5m. T5 - Oak Crown raise to 4.0m. Crown reduce laterals by 1.5m. Crown reduce height by 2.5m. Removal of deadwood

Received
16 December 2025
Ward
Atherton South And Lilford
Agent
Caswell Tree Services
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 664A Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1UB. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Atherton South And Lilford. 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 1UB
Application type
Work to Trees - TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2026
Permission expires
15 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Caswell Tree Services
Agent address
703 Leigh Road Leigh WN7 1TN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14548700
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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: Wigan

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