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Anthony Gell School Wood Street Wirksworth Derbyshire DE4 4DX

T/26/00012/TCATrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Re-pollard to previous points 6no. Poplars. Reduce to a habitat stem at approx 3 metres 1no Cherry Plum (T4.10). Fell 2no. Cherry Plum and remove ivy from 1no. Cherry Plum (G4.12). Remove ivy and epicormic growth and crown lift to clear 5 metres over road and 3 metres over pavement 3no. Lime.

Received
21 January 2026
Ward
Wirksworth
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Anthony Gell School Wood Street Wirksworth Derbyshire DE4 4DX. Derbyshire Dales has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Derbyshire Dales's typical decision time. The site is in the Wirksworth conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Wirksworth. We hold 1,120 applications in total for the DE4 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Derbyshire Dales District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DE4 4DX
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wirksworth
District
H1255

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026
Permission expires
18 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14638247
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: WirksworthPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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: Derbyshire Dales

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