Planning application
Overleigh Cemetery Overleigh Road Chester CH4 7HW
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1x Crown Lift and 1x Crown Reduction over headstones (see photographs). Prune back cherry tree and scrub to clear headstones.
As published by the council, reference 26/02548/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02548/CAT
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Postcode
- CH4 7HW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheshire West and Chester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019.
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19/02865/CAT Decided
Overleigh Cemetery Overleigh Road Chester CH4 7HW
T3 Lawson Cypress: Fell T5 Lawson Cypress: Fell T6 Lawson Cypress: Fell T25 Lime: Crown reduce by up to 4m T45 Lawson Cypress: Reduce by up to 4m T46 Lawson Cypress: Fell T56 Horse Chestnut: Fell T66 Lawson Cypress: Fell T76 Cypress: Fell G4 Holly Cypress: Fell group of Leyland Cypress G11 Various: Fell Lawson Cypress- liable to scaffold branch failure G17 Sycamore: Fell W1 Various species: Fell Lawson Cypress All above Lawson Cypress fells are over mature and are likely to fail structurally due to Multi-Stemmed and Codominant stem branch unions Requesting work within Tree Survey from Tree Solutions highlighted in orange.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2026
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cheshire West and Chester took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Cheshire West and Chester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cheshire West and Chester's median decision took 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Cheshire West and Chester's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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