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26/00261/TPO - Application to fell/lop TPO trees Approved

Proposal

Sycamore (T1) - Cut back branches by up to 2.5m Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

Application progress

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Received

23 Jan 2026

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Validated

28 Jan 2026

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Approved

25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TPO PERMISSION Decision · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF INCLUDING SKETCH PLAN Application Form · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

National infrastructure project about 753 m away: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

The site is about 753 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline (at pre-application, about 753 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Manor Farmhouse, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

54 mManor FarmhouseGrade II
84 mHapsford HallGrade II
113 mBarn at Hapsford HallGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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.

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Important details

Council: Chester
Application type: Application to fell/lop TPO trees
Postcode: WA6 0JX
Received: 23 Jan 2026
Validated: 28 Jan 2026
Ward: Sandstone
Parish: Dunham On The Hill And Hapsford
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 13 days slower than Chester's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one56d

Council43d

UK36d

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 →