Open Space In Front of Flats 14-20 Dorset Place Chester

25/03795/TPOOtherApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T2 (tag 904) Maple - crown lift 3m and a crown reduction of 2m to clear building

Received: 27 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cheshire West and Chester Council
Ward: Newton and Hoole

ReceivedReceived27 Nov
ValidatedValidated27 Nov
Consult.Consultation2 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Open Space In Front of Flats 14-20 Dorset Place Chester. Chester has handled 696 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Newton and Hoole.

93% of all 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

Application type: Other
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 2 January 2026

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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, 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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