27 Leighton Way Belper Derbyshire DE56 1SX

1. 22 Jul 2026

   Received by Amber Valley

2. 27 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 8 Sep 2026

   Decision issued: PER

Amber Valley granted permission on 8 September 2026, 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.

• 25 Leighton Way Belper Derbyshire DE56 1SX

  TRE/2021/1056 Submitted 4 Oct 2021 50 yards away

  Removal of 6 - 8 lower branches from 1 Lime tree at no. 25 and 1 Lime tree at no. 23

  Granted Trees

• 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 50 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 50 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 50 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