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Corkills Of Wigan Ltd Pennyhurst Street Wigan WN3 4AS

A/26/100467/WTTCAWork to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 (Maple) Fell due to residue dropping onto new vehicles T2 (Maple) Fell due to residue dropping onto new vehicles T3 (Ginkgo) ??? Crown raise to 3.5m + prune to clear building by 2.5m. T4 (Cherry) - Crown raise to 3.5m + prune to clear building by 2.5m. T5 (Birch) Crown raise to 3.5m + prune to clear building by 2.5m. T6 (Silver Maple) Crown raise to 3.5m + prune to clear building by 2.5m. T7 (Silver Maple) Crown raise to 3.5m + prune to clear building by 2.5m. T8 (Willow) Lateral reduction to clear building by 3 metres G1 (London Plane) x6 ??? Crown raise to 3m, 2 metre lateral reduction on building & footpath side to provide clearance and keep balance. T9 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T10 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T11 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T12 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T13 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T14 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T15 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay T16 (Sorbus) Fell due to decay H1 (Laurel hedge) Reduce height to approx 1 metre above fence + trim all sides SG1 (Mixed species) ??? Cut back from path & reduce height to 3 metres high.

Received
18 February 2026
Ward
Douglas
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Corkills Of Wigan Ltd Pennyhurst Street Wigan WN3 4AS. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Wigan Pier, Wigan conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Douglas. We hold 141 applications in total for the WN3 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
WN3 4AS
Application type
Work to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wigan South

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026
Permission expires
19 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
CJM Tree Care
Agent address
4 Welland Road Ashton in Makerfield WN48UB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14714839
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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wigan Pier, Wigan

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

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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