A/26/100594/WTTPOPlanning Application A/26/100594/WTTPO

Trees application at Lowton West Primary School Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2ED, Wigan. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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G2 - 2no Willow trees, mature trees with basal fruiting bodies possibly honey fungus, trees nearing end of lifespan, target areas include school buildings, surrounding out buildings and high use areas for children, staff, parents. Request to fell to ground level. T1 - Ash, Low lateral boughs covering children's playground, tree showing moderate signs of ADB. due to the location and potential for failure request is to remove large boughs as preemptive measure to reduce unacceptable risk. 'buffers' will be left so no large wounds are back to the stem, tree can then be monitored and a managed decline can be implemented as and when tree deteriorates. T2 - Ash, Tree located at main school entrance, has moderate signs of ADB and has a significant lean and is co dominant. Due to the location and condition request is to fell. Targets include adjacent road, heavy foot traffic associated with a busy school. (If tree officer prefers monitoring and a managed decline we advised this may be an option to the school)

A/26/100594/WTTPO

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Trees

Lowton West Primary School Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2ED

SubmittedSubmitted10 Mar

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9 weeks typical decision time in Wigan98% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Lowton West Primary School Slag Lane Lowton Warrington WA3 2ED. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 26 days. It was submitted on 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Golborne And Lowton West. We hold 2,705 applications in total for the WA3 postcode area.