St Thomas's Vicarage 18 Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9PL
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
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Proposal
T1 - Dead elderberry - failed and needs to be removed. T2- Dead Sycamore x2 - fell to ground level. T3- Cherry tree to prune back from property to gain a 2 metre clearance. T4 - Dead laburnum - fell to ground level. T5 - Dead/Dying Cherry tree to be felled to ground level.
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Ward
- Ashton In Makerfield South
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Thomas's Vicarage 18 Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9PL. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wigan's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Ashton In Makerfield South. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
- WN4 9PL
- Application type
- Work to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bryn And Ashton Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 May 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pts utility
- Agent address
- 14 Yew Tree Way Burscough 14 Yew Tree Way L40 7BE United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre
- 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.
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Source: Wigan
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