Sexton Cottage Chester Road Daresbury Warrington Cheshire WA4 4AJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00291/TCA - Tree works in conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Application for tree works within a conservation area; 1 x weeping beech crown thin by 10 - 15% and reduce remaining crown. 1 x birch crown reduce and formative prune to shape at Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
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Consultation
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF SEXTONS COTTAGE BIRCH TREE Supporting Documents · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SEXTONS COTTAGE BEECH TREE TO THIN Supporting Documents · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Daresbury conservation area
Also Daresbury. 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 247 m away: Daresbury Firs
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.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area133 m² (1,432 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (57 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Halton
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Postcode
WA4 4AJ
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor
Parish
Daresbury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Sept 2026
Decision
No Objection to
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Holly Oak Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
26decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
28.07.26 Sextons Cottage
Neighbours
6 Aug 2026
Consultation
6 Aug 2026
Comments by
30 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

24 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Proposed rear extension replacing conservatory at
25/00233/FUL
2023 Refused
Proposed removal of existing conservatory & construction of new single storey extension at
23/00200/FUL
Within ~100m

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Halton
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#26 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Halton is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #59 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 100% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
100% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Halton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #19 of 296
100%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #2 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #59 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #119 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
10 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
23 decided
239
Total decisions
11 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.