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Ash Hall Forest Court Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4AA

Awaiting decision Sefton T/2025/0060/TCA Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Six mature Lime trees (trees T15, T18, T30, T32, T33 and T34, in Mgt. area F), located in the Ruff Lane Conservation Area, and in the avenue leading from the Ruff Lane entrance to campus, require crown raising to 5.2m (as per highway regs) to provide clearance to vehicles accessing campus. The works will require the removal of small secondary and primary branches back to stem unions. All work will be carried out by a fully qualified and insured tree work contractor, working as a minimum to the recommendations of BS3998: 2010.

As published by the council, reference T/2025/0060/TCA

Application record

Reference
T/2025/0060/TCA
Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Status
Registered
Received
3 Sep 2025
Validated
5 Sep 2025
Ward
Rural South Ward
Postcode
L39 4AA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Sep 2025

    Received by Sefton

  2. 5 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 31 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

  • Application form - without personal data Application Form · 03 Sep 2025
  • Sketch plan Sketch Plan · 03 Sep 2025
  • Tree survey Surveys / Reports · 03 Sep 2025

Trade members open them from here.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Sefton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sefton decided tree works applications in a median of 30 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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