Marton North WwTW Cassia Green Marton Winsford CW7 2QT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00351/TPO - Application to fell/lop TPO trees Approved

Proposal

3 No. Oak (T8, T10, T12) and 2 No. Sycamore (T9, T11) - Crown lift to 5m above ground level, to provide sufficient clearance along track for vehicular access to WwTW Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Feb 2026
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Approved
20 Mar 2026

Approved on 20 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
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) agrees.
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
Scheduled monument about 222 m away: Marton moated monastic grange, three fishponds, connecting channels and base of stone cross.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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
Chester
Application type
Application to fell/lop TPO trees
Postcode
CW7 2QT
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Winsford Over and Verdin
Parish
Whitegate And Marton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
20 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
336decided in the last year

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-14667124
Planning Portal ref
PP-14667124
Comments by
2 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No