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Various Locations In Abbey Square and Cathedral Area Chester CH1 2HU

23/01920/CATTreesWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 28 July 2023

Council decision: Notification Closed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

8 Abbey Square Garden - Birch - T14 - remove ivy to allow inspection to 2m. To provide and cut back back canopy so it is at least 2m clearance and crown lift to 4m. 9 Abbey Square Garden - Ash - T13 - crown Lift to 3.5m and deadwood removal (consent not required) and crown lift to 2m Abbey Square Oval - Silver Birch - T19 - Crown lift to 4m. All lower hanging branches to trim 1m Abbey Square Oval - Lime - T16 and T18 - Crown lift to 2m Cathedral Green - Walnut - T46 - Branch tip reduction to 1.5m and canopy consolidation. Deadwood removal also (consent not required) Deanery Cottage Garden - Silver Birch - T25 - Mature tree management - Removal of ivy (consent not required) and to cut back canopy so it is at least 2m clearance. Deans Field - Lime - T30 - Removal of tree due to extensive basal decay Deans Field/Nature Garden - T29 - re-pollard 11 Abbey Square Garden - T79 - Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to 6m

Received
16 June 2023
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Various Locations In Abbey Square and Cathedral Area Chester CH1 2HU. Chester has handled 742 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 42 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Chester City and The Garden Quarter. We hold 433 applications in total for the CH1 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Cheshire West and Chester Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CH1 2HU
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12243108
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: 1 and 2, Abbey SquareOn this site · +50 more
  • Scheduled monument: Abbey Green Roman sitePart of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Clemence House, St Werburgh Street, Chester, CH1 2DYRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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