4 Langford Drive Leigh WN7 3LE
Approved on 3 August 2026
Council decision: Approved with Conditions
Proposal
T1 Silver Birch Tree in rear garden requires work to crown reduce by 2 meters not exceeding 100 mm and crown thin by 10% removing epicormic growth and crossing branches to allow light through the tree
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Ward
- Leigh South
- Agent
- S J Woolstencroft Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived5 May
- ValidatedValidated11 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Jul
- DecidedDecided3 Aug
Decided in 84 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Langford Drive Leigh WN7 3LE. Wigan has handled 137 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 4 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Leigh South. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 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
- WN7 3LE
- Application type
- Work to Trees - TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leigh Township
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- S J Woolstencroft Tree Services
- Agent address
- wards end farm Glazebury warrington cheshire WA3 5NZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Broome
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
© 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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