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Belfield House Main Street North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6ER

25/01866/TPOWorks to Tree/s Protected by TPORefused

Refused on 30 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Undertake works to tree portected by TPO N291 - land to north of Willow Drive, Off Walton's Lane, North Muskham. T6 - Oak, remove two branches overhanging property boundary.

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Muskham
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided30 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Belfield House Main Street North Muskham Newark On Trent NG23 6ER. Newark and Sherwood has handled 914 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Newark and Sherwood's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Muskham. We hold 1,584 applications in total for the NG23 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Newark and Sherwood District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The extent of the proposed reduction does not align with good arboricultural practise and would likely result in irreversible harm. A copy of the decision notice and the officer/committee report are available to view on the Council’s website.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NG23 6ER
Application type
Works to Tree/s Protected by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Muskham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2025
Target decision date
2 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Kingston
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14454166
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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

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© 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: Newark and Sherwood

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