Land Adjacent, 5 Barnes Wallis Court, Welton , Lincoln, LN2 3SZ Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2026/00669 - TREE_TPO Application Approved

Proposal

T1 - Ash - Remove SE stem (see image 3) back to main union, requiring one cut of ˜350mm. Remove lateral limb at 6m to SW (see image 5), requiring one cut of ˜200mm. Reduce remaining crown spread to SE over garden from 3.5m to 2m, requiring cuts of up to ˜75mm. Crown lift over garden to SE from 3.5m to 6m requiring cuts of up to ˜75mm. Crown lift whole remaining tree from 2m to 5.5m, requiring cuts of up to ˜100mm. T12 of Tree Preservation Order Welton 1986. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Potentially contaminated land
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Welton (West Lindsey) built-up area; 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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
TREE_TPO Application
Postcode
LN2 3SZ
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
DUNHOLME AND WELTON
Parish
Welton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Consent to Carry out Work
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Watson Lindsey Arboriculture

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 17 days slower than West Lindsey's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
110decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00696
Comments by
17 Aug 2026
Committee
23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#134 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Lindsey ranks #110 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #70 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #123 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #110 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #187 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
80 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
33 decided
562
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026