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12 Woodlands Avenue Chester CH1 4AT

Granted Cheshire West and Chester 20/01762/TPO Trees

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Hybrid black poplar - prune to reduce danger of falling branches and excessive shading of neighbours' gardens. Several branches were blown down during the May bank holiday gales.

As published by the council, reference 20/01762/TPO

Application record

Reference
20/01762/TPO
Category
Trees
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
26 May 2020
Validated
26 May 2020
Decided
13 Jul 2020
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CH1 4AT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cheshire West and Chester register

This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 20/03433/TPO Granted

    12 Woodlands Avenue Chester CH1 4AT

    Hybrid Black Poplar (T1) - prune tree by least 5m to reduce excessive bulk, maintain its health and landscape value and reduce risk of damage or injury to properties and residents. Reduce height by 5m or to previous pollarding point and correct lop-sided shape which causes tree to severely overhang gardens of 11 and 12 Woodlands Avenue, putting excessive strain on branches which resulted in 10m bough falling in garden of no. 11 and 7m bough in garden of no. 12. Remove all dead or damaged branches.

    Decided 16 Nov 2020 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2020

    Received by Cheshire West and Chester

  2. 13 Jul 2020

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Cheshire West and Chester granted permission on 13 July 2020, 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.

About tree works applications

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.

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  • 12 Woodlands Avenue Chester CH1 4AT

    20/03433/TPO Submitted 21 Sep 2020 50 yards away

    Hybrid Black Poplar (T1) - prune tree by least 5m to reduce excessive bulk, maintain its health and landscape value and reduce risk of damage or injury to properties and residents. Reduce height by 5m or to previous pollarding point and correct lop-sided shape which causes tree to severely overhang gardens of 11 and 12 Woodlands Avenue, putting excessive strain on branches which resulted in 10m bough falling in garden of no. 11 and 7m bough in garden of no. 12. Remove all dead or damaged branches.

    Granted Trees 18 docs
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    1x Mature Oak - Request to crown lift to 5m to give clearance from property (lower branches now resting on roof). Crown thin/clean by 15% and crown reduce by up to 2m to maintain healthy shape and reduce chance of failure.

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Trees