Northern Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Palatine Road Manchester M20 3YA
Approved on 28 November 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees - T36 - Approx. 25x leylandii - Fell and grind stumps to 150mm below ground level; T33 - Large beech next to grass court - Brach reduce to clear neighbouring building by approximately 4m. Crown lift rest of crown by approximately 2m all round; T32 - Oak next to grass court - Crown lift to 7m over tennis club. Cut back rest of overhang by up to 2m ; T31 - Hornbeam in centre of site - Crown lift to 4m over path, Clear small epicormic growing towards balcony; T30 - Birch Birch - crown lift to 4m;T29 - Sweetgum - Crown lift to 4m. Clear building by 2m ; T26 - Purple plum - Crown reduce by 1-2m all round; T25 - Indian bean tree - Part crown reduce court side by up to 2m to rebalance crown. Crown lift to 4m all round. Clear lgiht column by 2m; T24 - Robinia - remove snapped branch and parent limb back to main stem; T19, T20 - 2x sorbus growing next to lighting column in south of site - Crown lift to 7m over courts. Clear lighting column by 2m; T23 - Hornbeam to be crown lifted to 6m and part crown reduced over court by 2-3m to rebalance crown; T22 - Purple plum and 2x conifers to be cut back to boundary; T37 - Yew next to car park - Crown lift to 5m over car park. Reduce longer branches growing over car park by 3-4m.
- Received
- 29 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Ward
- Didsbury West Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation25 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Nov
Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Northern Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Palatine Road Manchester M20 3YA. Manchester has handled 614 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackburn Park, Didsbury conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Didsbury West Ward. We hold 641 applications in total for the M20 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- M20 3YA
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 November 2027
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blackburn Park, Didsbury
- Brownfield land register: The Rossett 123 Palatine Road M20 3YARegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Mar
T1 - Beech - Crown lift to 8m above ground level. Branch reduce to clear buildings by 4-5m. T2 - Beech…
ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation Area145435/TCA/2026 - 20252 Jun
Variation of conditions 1 (specified plans), 3 (landscaping), 4 (planting), 5 (construction methodology), 6…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)142799/JO/2025 - 202515 May
Demolition of the existing indoor court building at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club.
PendingFull Application Consent142953/FO/2025 - 20241 Nov
Retention of one freestanding externally illuminated sign adjacent to the existing entrance
ApprovedAdvertisement consent141357/AO/2024 - 20237 Jul
Discharge of condition no. 3 (materials) attached to planning permission 135048/FO/2022
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCDN/23/0472
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