19 Lower Fold Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5DX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/098780 - Tree Works In A Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

They are ash trees. Both need to be removed as they are suffering from ash dieback. If left too long they will not be climbable and this will be extremely expensive to then remove due to the additional health and safety measures involved. We have engaged a tree surgeon after consulting a handful of suppliers to come to the best solution. The trees are not subject to tree preservation orders. They both will have an impact if they fall, one is close to a major road and near a residence, the other could impact a watercourse to a council owned culvert which is in a flood risk area. HAR/CA20. TPO 364E-2. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Apr 2026
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Approved
18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Last checked 8 Aug 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

IMG IMG_5885 Plan · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED ApplicationNoPersonalData · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

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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.
Marple Bridge 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Marple Bridge. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Marple Bridge built-up area; Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Stockport
Application type
Tree Works In A Conservation Area
Postcode
SK6 5DX
Received
9 Apr 2026
Validated
9 Apr 2026
Ward
Marple North (Marp)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 May 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
18 May 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 13 days faster than Stockport's median of 52 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
268decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14843612
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Stockport
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#27 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Stockport is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #46 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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for householder decisions
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Stockport decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #29 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #61 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #46 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #70 of 296
91%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
49 decided
1,318
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026
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