Planning application
Grove Lodge/ Rear Of 15 Reddyshore Brow Todmorden Road Littleborough OL15 9PF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed felling of two Willow trees within a Conservation Area labelled T1 and T2 on the submitted plans
As published by the council, reference 20/00148/WTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 20/00148/WTCA
- Type
- Works to Trees-Con Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objection
- Received
- 10 Feb 2020
- Validated
- 10 Feb 2020
- Decided
- 23 Mar 2020
- Ward
- Littleborough Lakeside
- Parish
- Pennines Township
- Decision by
- Delegated (subject to call up)
- Postcode
- OL15 9PF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Feb 2020
Received by Rochdale
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23 Mar 2020
Decision issued: No Objection
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Birtle Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Rochdale
Active · incorporated 2006 · Rochdale
6 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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Rochdale granted permission on 23 March 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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