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6 St Margarets Court Betley Crewe Staffordshire CW3 9AW

23/00250/TCATree Work - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 May 2023

Council decision: No Objection Trees CADelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lime - Reduce upper canopy to create a more uniform shape as well as a light thin to lower canopy where epicormic growth has formed Maple (Crimson King) - Sympathetically prune over expended branched back into canopy drip line *Both trees have been pruned historically to non British standard practices. The proposed works hope to improve the shape and longevity of both trees using correct pruning methods.

Received
28 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Madeley & Betley
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 St Margarets Court Betley Crewe Staffordshire CW3 9AW. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Newcastle under Lyme's typical decision time. The site is in the Bodicote conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Madeley & Betley. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the CW3 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CW3 9AW
Application type
Tree Work - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Betley Balterley Wrinehill

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2023
Target decision date
25 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Rimmer Groundcare
Agent address
Hillside Mainroad Wrinehill Crewe CW39BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12052932
Comments
0
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Betley
  • Article 4 direction: Betley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    3 Sep

    Works to Lime Tree

    ApprovedTree Work - Conservation Area14/00681/TCA

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