Planning application
16 Whitefield Close Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1US
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Overhanging branches of Poplar to be cut off two trees that overhang the end of the garden. I am not the owner of these Poplars. Conifer- Fell- which is of poor amenity and shading the garden. I am the owner of this Conifer
As published by the council, reference T/2023/0033/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- T/2023/0033/TCA
- Type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant Consent for works (TCA)
- Received
- 22 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 22 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Rufford
- Parish
- Rufford
- Decision by
- Work to Trees TCA
- Postcode
- L40 1US
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Mar 2023
Received by Sefton
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24 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Grant Consent for works (TCA)
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sefton granted permission on 24 April 2023, 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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