Stanney Woods Adjacent To 52 Thirlmere Road Whitby Ellesmere Port CH65 9DH Data via plota.co.uk

26/02642/TPO - Application to fell/lop TPO trees Approved

Proposal

Remove group of five semi mature Hawthorn trees that are growing adjacent to neighbours property and damaging fence (G7175). Crown reduction by 2m of Blackthorn () away from building and improve clearance over PRoW. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 07:16

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2026

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Approved

25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 4

Local nature reserve about 144 m away: Stanney Wood

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: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Ellesmere Port built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1673 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.

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 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 TPO trees
Postcode: CH65 9DH
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Whitby Groves
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 25 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 7 days faster than Chester's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one36d

Council43d

UK36d

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 →