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The Old Vicarage Smedley Street Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3JG

T/26/00063/TCATrees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift 1no. lime tree to 6 metres, crown reduce limb over drove by 3 metres 1no. horse chestnut, crown reduce 1no. yew by 1 metre and crown reduce 1no, holly by 1 metre.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Matlock West
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Smedley Street Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3JG. Derbyshire Dales has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Derbyshire Dales's typical decision time. The site is in the Matlock Bank conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Matlock West. 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 3JG
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Matlock Town
District
028.36

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation start
27 March 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026
Permission expires
22 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
A6 Treecare
Agent address
Stanton Mill Cottage Main Road Stanton In The Peak DE4 2LW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Matlock Bank
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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