25 Leighton Way Belper Derbyshire DE56 1SX

1. 4 Oct 2021

   Received by Amber Valley

2. 24 Nov 2021

   Decision issued: PER

3. 7 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Amber Valley granted permission on 24 November 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 27 Leighton Way Belper Derbyshire DE56 1SX

  TRE/2026/0948 Submitted 22 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  T1- Lime- Propose to reduce the branch length by 1.5m and lift the canopy above the shed roof by removing whole branches T2- Acer- Reduce the branch length by around 1m to the boundary

  Granted Trees 3 docs
  Small domestic

• Woodlands Nursery 1 Gibfield Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 1WA

  TRE/2024/0464 Submitted 19 Apr 2024 50 yards away

  [1] Silver Birch: Overhanging southern border to property from allotments. Proposal: Crown raise low hanging overhanging laterals to 4m. Reduce lateral spread of lower half of crown overhanging by 1.5m. Reason: Overhanging with encroaching lateral spread over playground. [2] Cypress: Overhanging southern border to property from allotments. Proposal: Trim hard back to border level ensuring greenery remains. Reason: Lateral spread now pushing over border and encroaching to chimney. [3] Hazel & Ash group: Overhanging southern border to property from allotments. Proposal: Crown raise overhanging laterals to 5m. Reduce remaining overhanging lateral spread by 1.5m. Reason: Overhanging border encroaching low over playground and roofline. [4] Hawthorn: Overhanging southern border to property from allotments. Proposal: Reduce overhanging lateral spread up to 2m back to fenceline. Reason: Overhanging with encroaching growth to roofline and over playground. [5] Hawthorn: Overhanging playground from railway border. Proposal: Reduce hawthorn lateral spread back to border level. Reason: Hawthorn is encroaching over playground and will drop berries. [6] Laurel: Railway border to carpark. Proposal: Reduce down to 2m and prune to clear off carpark Reason: Now grown large for position on railway border and pushing out over carpark.

  Granted Trees

• The Strutt Centre Derby Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1UU

  TRE/2024/0552 Submitted 9 Sep 2024 100 yards away

  Fell 6 Lawson Cypress trees

  Granted Trees

• The Strutt Centre Derby Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1UU

  TRE/2018/0374 Submitted 6 Oct 2018 100 yards away

  Three young ornamental trees (species and description of works on attached map) beside Gibfield Lane and one semi-mature oak on raised grassed area adjacent to the former caretakers house to each receive a minor crown lift (see attached map for details) to reduce impediment to vehicle parking and vehicle access to grassed area. All work to be carried out to BS3998.

  Granted Trees

• The Strutt Centre Derby Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1UU

  TRE/2024/0604 Submitted 6 Dec 2024 100 yards away

  Crown lift to 5 metres and partial crown reduction to provide 3 metres clearance from building, as per works carried out in 2016 (5no. London Plane trees)

  Granted Trees

• 25 Gibfield Lane Belper Derbyshire DE56 1WA

  AVA/2024/0600 Submitted 26 Aug 2024 150 yards away

  Partial demolition of existing ground floor hall, bathroom and adjoining garage outbuilding. To be replaced with single storey extension

  Granted Extension Demolition 7 docs
  Small domestic

• TRE/2026/0990 Awaiting decision

  Thimble Bottom 8 Burland Green Lane Weston Underwood Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 4PF

  T1 Copper Beech - reduce lateral spread by 5m and height by 10m, achieve an overall spherical shape to manage size. Tree is overhanging road and touching house other side of road.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Trees
• TRE/2026/0988 Awaiting decision

  1 Church View Belper Derbyshire DE56 1JB

  T1- sycamore. Previously pollared at 14 metre. We would like to crown reduce sycamore by 2-3 metre north side of tree over extending house side. We have had branches fall of the tree recently, which only just missed the conservatory.The sycamore has a lot of squirrel damage throughout the canopy which is quite concerning. T2- self seeded sycamore growing against garden fence remove to ground level. T3-large sycamore crown lift 4/5 metre and side prune north side of tree 2 metre one limb on the tree is over extending.

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Trees
• TRE/2026/0970 Granted

  Duck House 2 Duck Island Tamworth Street Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4EZ

  Trees to the north of the property, south side of the river bank. G1: Trim back trees along the laterally wall to maintain clearance for vehicles. Trimming back to wall and approximately 3m high. G1.1: Trees in this section are forming more of a hedge structure. Reduce in height to approximately 5m in this smaller section to prevent hedge from growing too tall. T1: Alder. Re-pollard to previous pollard points due to the re-growth becoming very long and spindly, and also growing northeast toward neighboring properties.

  Received 15 Sep, published by the council 18 Sep 2026 Trees
• TRE/2026/0973 Granted

  24 St Johns Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1JE

  Fell Silver Birch

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Trees
• TRE/2026/0969 Granted

  15 Spring Road Riddings Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 4BS

  x1 oversized weeping Willow has been left with an unbalanced crown due to large limb shed. To pollard by 50% to match the other side which has been worked on.

  Received 26 Aug, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Trees