2 Holland Close, Morton, Derbyshire, DE55 6HE Data via plota.co.uk

Refused 2026/4659/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Application

Trees & landscaping

Council

Derbyshire County Council

Date received

19 Aug 2026

Date validated

20 Aug 2026

Decision date

1 Oct 2026

Postcode

DE55 6HE

Type

Tree Preservation Order Application

Description

Mature lime tree in front garden at 2 Holland Close:, DBH approx 50cm. Height approx 12m. , Observations: Tree appears in good physiological and structural condition. However, the applicant's home insurance provider requires that any tree within 5m from the house must be below 10m in height. This tree currently sits within 4 metres from the house walls. Estimated height of the tree is over 12m, meaning that remedial works will be required to reduce the tree's height to within the Home Insurer's requirements. , Recommended works: Reduce height to approx 9.5m (pruning back to appropriate growth points). Crown lift to clear epicormic growth around stem to height of 3 metres. Reduce lateral branches by approx 1 metre. Thin canopy by approx 10%. All green waste material to be cleared away and removed from site. All works to be carried out using BS3998:2010 guidance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 19 Oct 2026, 06:31

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 30 days slower than Derbyshire County Council's median of 12 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 11% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one42d

Council12d

UK36d

90%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

129decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 8

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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Also on the record

Conservation area about 63 m away: Morton; Coalfield, development low risk area; Heritage at risk about 62 m away: Morton; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Morton (North East Derbyshire) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1243 m away: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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.