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Ridge House, Derby Road, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RP

2025/4261/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 22 September 2025

Council decision: TPO: Consent Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1 Sycamore tree to remove epicormic growth on main stem. 1 small Ash tree to fell with Ash die back. 1 small Elm tree to fell with Dutch Elm disease.

Received
29 August 2025
Ward
Wirksworth
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 11 days (council typically 28)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ridge House, Derby Road, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RP. Derbyshire has handled 103 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 days quicker than Derbyshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Cromford conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Wirksworth. We hold 1,120 applications in total for the DE4 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Derbyshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 4 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DE4 3RP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cromford
District
Derbyshire Dales

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 September 2025
Consultation end
22 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Nook, Woodhouse Road, Rowsley, DE4 2ED

Publicity

Site notice end
22 September 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cromford
  • World Heritage Site: Derwent Valley Mills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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

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