Planning application
3 Leegate Close Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NN
Works: Trees Small domestic
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Proposal
We are applying for the complete removal of a single, large, multi-stemmed (3?4 main trunks) Leylandii conifer. The tree is no longer suitable for its location and has become a matter of structural damage to the garden wall and untidy dropping of dead brown debris to the public footpath and the neighbouring property. The tree's substantial root system is lifting and destroying the adjacent public footpath. The tree is suffering from branch dieback. The multiple trunks shed significant quantities of needle-like brown debris directly onto the public pavement and neighbouring properties. The lateral root expansion is actively destabilising and cracking the garden boundary wall. It is structurally impossible to repair or rebuild this wall without severing the tree's primary structural roots, which would critically compromise the tree's stability over the public highway. Because Leylandii trees do not regenerate from brown old wood, any attempt to hard-prune or cut back its width to a manageable boundary would result in a permanently dead, brown, and unsightly fa?ade, severely damaging the visual amenity of the area. To enhance the character of the conservation area, we propose completely removing the tree and replacing it by nurturing existing, and where necessary planting new, hornbeam hedging at approximately 2.5 meters high, to match all other external hornbeam hedge boundries between properties on Leegate Close. HAR/CA21.
As published by the council, reference DC/099816
Application record
- Reference
- DC/099816
- Type
- Tree Works In A Conservation Area
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Heatons North (Here)
- Postcode
- SK4 3NN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by Stockport
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
This application is with Stockport for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
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About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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