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26/00007/TCON - Tree Works in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Notification of proposed works to trees within Withnell Conservation Area. Trees within the Memorial gardens and bothy garden as shown in sketch plan. T1 Ash - Remove T2 Ash - Remove T3 Ash - Remove T4 Holly - Cut to base (regen) T5 Sycamore - Remove T6 2 x Holly, Cut to base (regen) T7 Remove Ivy T8 Remove Ivy T9 mature beech to pollard as nature stump G1 Lateral reduction of lower branches. G2 Reduce height of ornamental shrubs. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:54

Application progress

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Received

5 Jan 2026

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Validated

14 Jan 2026

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Approved

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION - APPROVAL OF TREE WORKS IN CA Decision · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF MEMORIAL GARDEN Site Elevations, Building Plans etc. · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF WITHNELL FOLD PLAN Planning Application (inc initial correspondence) · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Local nature reserve about 423 m away: Withnell Fold; Conservation area about 60 m away: Withnell Fold.

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 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 Works in Conservation Area
Postcode: PR6 8BG
Received: 5 Jan 2026
Validated: 14 Jan 2026
Ward: Chorley North East
Parish: Withnell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Feb 2026
Decision: No objection to Tree Works
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ingham???s tree services

How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, 28 days slower than Chorley's median of 49 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one77d

Council49d

UK36d

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-14598568
Planning Portal ref: PP-14598568
Statutory expiry: 28 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Chorley

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#42 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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