Dixons Houses Little Heath Christleton Chester CH3 7AN Data via plota.co.uk

26/02140/CAT - Application to fell/lop in Cons Area Approved

Proposal

T1 (Sycamore) - Lift to 4m over wall and substation to provide clearance Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Last checked 30 Aug 2026

Site constraints 8

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Dixon's Almshouses, Grade II*, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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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Public footpath about 25 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
National infrastructure project about 902 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Inside the Christleton and Waverton built-up area; Open access land about 19 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Ponds; 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.

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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Application to fell/lop in Cons Area
Postcode
CH3 7AN
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Christleton and Huntington
Parish
Christleton
Case officer
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Decision
Notification Closed
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 →

Public comments

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Last counted 30 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15076747
Planning Portal ref
PP-15076747
Env. assessment
No