Planning application
Bank House Ayrefield Farm Bank Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0SY
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Co-dominant specimen that failed when one of the leaders snapped and fell across the carriageway - we will be removing the remaining stem and an adjacent dead tree.
As published by the council, reference T/2026/0093/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- T/2026/0093/TPO
- Type
- Works to Protected Trees
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 20 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Up Holland Ward
- Parish
- Up Holland
- Postcode
- WN8 0SY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sefton register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2021/0418/FUL Granted
Bank House Ayrefield Farm Bank Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0SY
General purpose agricultural building for straw and machinery storage.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2026
Received by Sefton
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25 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 October 2026, 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
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 31 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Bank House Ayrefield Farm Bank Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0SY
General purpose agricultural building for straw and machinery storage.
Granted Full applications 10 docs -
Bank House Ayrefield Farm Bank Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0SY
96% historically approved · decision due ~15 Oct
Co-dominant specimen that failed when one of the leaders snapped and fell across the carriageway - we will be removing the remaining stem and an adjacent dead tree.
Awaiting decision Trees
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