Anderton Park New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00174/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

Applicatio for works to preotected trees - Chorley BC TPO 2 (Anderton) 1981 A1; Deadwood removal on oaks and sycamores (e.g., T001, T003, T036, T039, T040, T041). Felling or reduction of trees with advanced decay: T005 Kretzschmaria deusta. T013 hollow ash. T018 ash dieback. T020 severe basal rot. T029 suspected honey fungus. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Validated
27 Feb 2026
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Approved
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
Chorley
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
PR6 9HG
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
27 Feb 2026
Ward
Adlington And Anderton
Parish
Anderton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Apr 2026
Decision
Consent for Tree Works
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Treexpert tree care

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 4 days faster than Chorley's median of 49 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
83decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Chorley in the last twelve months, from validation. Chorley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14722175
Planning Portal ref
PP-14722175
Statutory expiry
24 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Chorley
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#42 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chorley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #49 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Chorley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #51 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #73 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #49 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #100 of 296
95%
Minor dwellings approved
77 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
11 decided
553
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026