Netherfield Mill Lane Willaston Neston CH64 1RW Data via plota.co.uk

26/02641/TPO - Application to fell/lop TPO trees Refused

Proposal

Cedar Tree (T1) - Fell to ground level and remove Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
24 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
16 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

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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Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 228 m away: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; Inside the Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) built-up area; 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 · 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 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 £400,000 in April 2009. Detached house, freehold.

7 April 2009£400,000

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
CH64 1RW
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Willaston And Thornton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 8 days slower than Chester's median of 45 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 1% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
373decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15173048
Planning Portal ref
PP-15173048
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.