4 Watermede Billinge Wigan WN5 7BE

A/26/100857/WTTPOWork to Trees - TPOApproved

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

T1 Lime - Crown lift to 5m to clear structures in neighbouring garden and garage.

Received: 4 May 2026
Council: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Orrell

ReceivedReceived4 May
ValidatedValidated4 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Jun
DecidedDecided30 Jul

Decided in 87 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Watermede Billinge Wigan WN5 7BE. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 3 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Orrell. We hold 250 applications in total for the WN5 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: WN5 7BE
Application type: Work to Trees - TPO
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Orrell Billinge And Winstanley Township

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 May 2026
Target decision date: 29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: JJH Tree Solutions
Agent address: 10 Graham Avenue Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9EA

Planning decision

Case officer: David Broome
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14908409
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.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Wigan

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