4 Rectory Close Farndon Chester CH3 6PS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
1. Remove dead ash in front garden of the property. 2. Reduce Laylandii that surrounds dead ash tree in front garden by 5 metres in height, to bring to a more manageable height. 3. Remove Laylandii tree in the rear garden of the property due to out growing location. 4. Reduce ash tree in the rear garden by up to 2 meters, to prolong the life of the tree and prevent outgrowing location. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Last checked 22 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 8
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £650,000 in October 2019. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Chester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chester decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14743367
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14743367
- Comments by
- 24 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
18 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
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