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Winstanley Hall Winstanley Park Winstanley Wigan WN3 6BE

A/26/100523/WTTPOWork to Trees - TPOApproved

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Agreed

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

Proposal

Request to clear naturally colonised trees and shrubs from around the derelict Winstanley Hall Building to enable the erection of temporary scaffolding. All trees & shrubs to be removed are marked-up with a red cross in the attached photos and are within the red-line boundary on the attached plan. Tree species include Acer sp., Quercus sp., Salix sp., Betula sp., Sambucus sp., Rhododendron.

Received
25 February 2026
Ward
Winstanley
Agent
Cheshire Woodlands Limited
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 1 day (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Winstanley Hall Winstanley Park Winstanley Wigan WN3 6BE. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 9 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Winstanley. 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 6BE
Application type
Work to Trees - TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cheshire Woodlands Limited
Agent address
2 Dunge Cottage Prestbury Road Over Alderley Cheshire East SK10 4PY England

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14734652
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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