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1 Springpool Billinge Wigan WN3 6DE

A/26/100786/WTTPOWork to Trees - TPOApproved

Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

T1 - Oak - Remove 1 lowest limb over the footpath/ road. Elongated limb has potential to fail over a busy highway. T2 - Beech - Reduce canopy back from property side, by 2-3 meters. To include removing one lowest lateral branch. To reduce shading and encroachment to property. T3+T4 - Reduce back the canopy on the East Side, by 2-3 meters. To reduce shading and encroachment onto property.

Received
20 April 2026
Ward
Winstanley
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Springpool Billinge Wigan WN3 6DE. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days. There has been 1 other application 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 6DE
Application type
Work to Trees - TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2026
Target decision date
15 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Joe's tree care
Agent address
Marians drive Ormskirk L39 1LG GB

Planning decision

Case officer
David Broome
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14871319
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.

  • Green belt: Wigan
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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