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SQUIRREL BANK Mottram Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7DS

26/2170/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Japanese Maple - light clipping works paying particular attention to the limbs over the garden, hedge and neighbours garden. Himalayan Birch group - Reduce the canopy in height by 40% and prune side limbs by 1-1.25 metres to shape. Prunus Amanogawa - Reduce in height by 2 metres and shorten the side limbs to balance the width and shape of the tree. Twin stemmed Cypress group - Remove stems on either side of the tree to clear the neighbouring shrubs by 30-45cm. Camelia and Purple Maple Group - Cut hard back by around 45 centimetres all around. Remove selected low limbs off the Purple Maple if required. Himalayan Birch - 1. Reduce in height to 60cm below the level of the ridge tile. Reduce the sides hard back by 1-1.25 metres. Ensure the property at the rear is cleared by 1 metre. Multi stemmed Cypress - fell to ground level or Trim the longer lateral growth on the tree by up to 45cm.

Received
9 June 2026
Ward
Alderley Edge
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at SQUIRREL BANK Mottram Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire East, SK9 7DS. Cheshire East has handled 1,013 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a 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 7DS
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alderley Edge

Planning application dates

Validated
9 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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