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T/26/00122/TCA - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Fell 3 no. sycamore Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
17 Jul 2026
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Consultation
20 Jul 2026
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Approved
17 Aug 2026

Approved on 17 Aug 2026 · Last checked 17 Aug 2026

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Site constraints 11

Matlock Bath conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Ancient woodland about 10 m away: Matlock Bath Woods
Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.
National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.
Registered park or garden about 18 m away: Heights of Abraham
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
SSSI about 73 m away: Masson Hill SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Special area of conservation about 218 m away: Peak District Dales
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more 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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Matlock Bath built-up area; Priority habitat about 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 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 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
Derbyshire Dales
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Postcode
DE4 3PB
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
17 Jul 2026
Ward
Cromford And Matlock Bath
Parish
Matlock Bath
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
17 Aug 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, about the council's usual 31 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
151decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 17 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Jul 2026
Comments by
10 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Derbyshire Dales
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#110 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Derbyshire Dales ranks #121 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Derbyshire Dales decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #129 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #127 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #121 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #127 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
4 decided
486
Total decisions
52 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings