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Alfreton Park And Recreation Ground, Alfreton Park, Alfreton, DE55 7AL

2026/4538/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Various works to 29 trees comprising:, T1 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement. , T2 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement and remove epicormic growth encroaching toward road and pavement back to main stem. , T3 - Oak. Remove epicormic growth encroaching toward road and pavement back to main stem. T4 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement. , T5 - Oak. Remove split branches above bridleway. T6 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement. T7 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement and crown lift to give 5.2m clearance above road and 2.4m above pavement. , T8 - Horse Chestnut. Crown lift to give 5.2m clearance above road and 2.4m above pavement. , T9 - Oak. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement. , T10 - Horse Chestnut. Pollard to 5m above ground level. Bark necrosis and decay extending into main stem. , T11 - Oak. Prune back from utilities to give minimum 1.5m clearance. , T12 - Beech. Pollard at approximately 8m above ground level. Large area of bark necrosis and decay in main stem. , T13 - Ash. Prune back from utilities to give minimum 1.5m clearance. Crown lift to give 5.2m clearance above road and 2.4m above pavement. , T14 - Oak. Pollard at 5m above ground level. Large area of decay at base of tree. T15 - Oak. Reduce both dead top deadwood sections to living branches and substantially reduce remaining lateral branch almost to a pollard. , T16 - Oak. All round crown reduction by up to 3m and crown thinning and reduced vitality. T17 - Horse Chestnut. All round crown reduction by 3m. , T18 - Horse Chestnut. Reduce height by further 3m. Remove hanging branch. , T19 - Horse Chestnut. All round crown reduction of 3m. , T20 - Ash. Pollard at approximately 6m above ground level. , T21 - Ash. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road. T22 - Ash. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above footpath, access roads, parking areas. , T23 - Horse Chestnut. Prune away from lamp post to give 1.5m clearance and clear lamp splay beneath light. , T24 - Ash. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above footpath. , T25 - Ash. Remove deadwood over 50mm diameter above road and pavement. , T26 - Norway Maple. Pollard at 5m above ground level. T27 - Oak. Remove low large diameter deadwood to remove risk to footpath and playing children. T28 - Norway Maple. Coppice at 0.5m. , T29 - Norway Maple. Crown reduction by 2m to 3m to account for coppicing of neighbouring tree due to large branch/stem failure.

Received
29 April 2026
Ward
Alfreton and Somercotes
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at ALFRETON PARK AND RECREATION GROUND, ALFRETON PARK, ALFRETON, DE55 7AL. Derbyshire has handled 103 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Alfreton and Somercotes. We hold 1,632 applications in total for the DE55 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DE55 7AL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alfreton
District
Amber Valley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
AMBER VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL TOWN CENTRE OFFICE, TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE, RIPLEY, DE5 3BT

Planning decision

Decision
Mr Fergus MacArthur

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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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