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26/0290/TPO - Works to a tree with a TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Rremove one lime tree in rear, concerns over the safety of the tree and proxiity to out buildings and property. Partial dead on crown and ends of branches not usual for lime tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Validated
19 May 2026
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Approved
19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

IMG LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 13 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 6 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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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Public footpath 6 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Lidgett and Bents, Colne conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £385,000 in June 2021. Terraced house, freehold.

25 June 2021£385,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area133 m² (1,432 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (48 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Pendle
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Postcode
BB8 7EE
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
19 May 2026
Ward
Boulsworth & Foulridge
Parish
Colne Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Not Development
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Whiteside Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 7 days faster than Pendle's median of 7 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
135decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
14 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Remove one Lime tree and crown lift to another Lime tree.
21/0867/TPO
2023 Approved
Full: Change of use and extension to former stables to create 1 no. dwelling.
23/0311/FUL
2023 Approved
Full: Change of use and extension to former stables to create 1 no. dwelling.
23/0311/FUL
2022 Approved
Full: Change of use and erection of single storey extensions to the front and rear to con…
22/0750/FUL
2022 Approved
Full: Change of use and erection of single storey extensions to the front and rear to con…
22/0750/FUL
2022 Approved
Full: Erection of lean-to extension, installation of solar panels to southern roof slope…
22/0144/FUL
2022 Approved
Full: Erection of lean-to extension, installation of solar panels to southern roof slope…
22/0144/FUL
2022 Approved
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 3 (Materials) of Planning…
22/0040/CND
2022 Approved
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 3 (Materials) of Planning…
22/0040/CND
2021 Approved
Full: Demolition of lean-to store to front, erection of two storey porch to front elevati…
21/0718/HHO
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
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25/0747/HHO
2025 Refused
Robins Nest Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire
Full: Erection of a single storey front extension.
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2023 Approved
The Grove Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7EE
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2023 Approved
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2018 Approved
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18/0614/TPO
2018 Approved
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Pendle
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#166 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Pendle ranks #153 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Pendle decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #175 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #234 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #153 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #89 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
20 decided
441
Total decisions
58 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.