Witchs Gate Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7BL

26/0183/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 chestnut, T2 oak, T3 beech, T4 yew, T5 holly, T6 beech, to raise crowns to 6 metres and crown thin 20%, to allow more light into the front of the house/garden and lift overhang away from road/footpath and driveway

Received: 18 January 2026
Council: Cheshire East Council
Ward: Alderley Edge

ReceivedReceived18 Jan
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
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About this application

This is a tree application at Witchs Gate Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7BL. Cheshire East has handled 1,013 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wycoller conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Alderley Edge. We hold 971 applications in total for the SK9 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Cheshire East Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SK9 7BL
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Alderley Edge

Planning application dates

Validated: 18 January 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Heritage at Risk Register: Alderley Edge
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cheshire East

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