Flax House 97 Liverpool Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Fell and Remove Conifer at Top of Drive which is hindering access to the property. Removing this will make is safer for cars going in and out and will allow shrubbery below to flourish Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £200,000 in August 1996. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- West Lancashire
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- L40 1SB
- Received
- 13 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- Parish
- Rufford
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Grant Consent for works (TCA)
- Decision date
- 17 Apr 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Trunks Tree Care Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 4 days from validation, 29 days faster than West Lancashire's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by West Lancashire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lancashire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14853460
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14853460
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
33 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
West Lancashire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #265 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. West Lancashire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 85% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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