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St Mary And All Saints Church, Churchyard Church Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XJ

CHE/25/00781/CATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: Unconditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Pruning of highlighted trees to facilitate lighting of the church and lighting columns. Crown lifting to 3m and providing minimum of 2m clearance from structures. Cherrys, Limes, Hollys and one London Plane highlighted on attached map

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spire
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 82 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Mary And All Saints Church, Churchyard Church Way Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1XJ. Chesterfield has handled 380 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 3 weeks longer than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Spire. We hold 638 applications in total for the S40 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Chesterfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
S40 1XJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025
Permission expires
6 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St Mary and All SaintsOn this site · +4 more
  • Brownfield land register: 9-21 stephenson Place, Chesterfield, S40 1XLRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 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

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: Chesterfield

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