23 Vale Royal Drive Whitegate Winsford CW8 2EY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00099/TPO - Application to fell/lop TPO trees Approved

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Tree is in decline and we are looking at completing a full pollard to remove several decaying/dead branches, and the existing canopy. With hope that it encourages the tree to regenerate again from lower and safer pruning points. It has already shed branches twice on neighbouring 23A driveway. T2 Beech tree - Reduce overall canopy of tree by approx. 30% or 3-5m to bring back into shape and keep tree appropriate size for roadside location in the corner of the front garden. Tree overhangs road so a slight crown lift to keep clear of the road. All dead wood to be removed. T3 Sycamore (on boundary of TPO area) - This tree has been pollarded/topped out before. Repollard top of tree and allow it to regenerate again from pollard points. Bring in lateral branches as appropriate and rebalance to reduce the damage of previous 'topping' works. 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

13 Jan 2026

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Approved

5 Mar 2026

Approved on 5 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 28 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.

Also on the record

Scheduled monument about 166 m away: Vale Royal Abbey; Inside the Whitegate built-up area; Priority habitat about 37 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £489,995 in December 2000. Detached house, freehold.

21 December 2000£489,995New build

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

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Important details

Council: Chester
Application type: Application to fell/lop TPO trees
Postcode: CW8 2EY
Received: 13 Jan 2026
Validated: 13 Jan 2026
Ward: Winsford Over and Verdin
Parish: Whitegate And Marton
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 5 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 8 days slower than Chester's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one51d

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 →