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Birch House Sandy Lane Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 0LZ

26/00179/TWATree Works to TPO Tree(s)Approved

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Our property is 30 Parkside Drive, May Bank, ST5 0NN. The tree is our rear neighbour on Sandy Lane. Roughly 40% of the tree in question overhangs onto our garden and also over our outbuilding. This causes issues with falling branches which has already damaged a window on our outbuilding. We would like to scale back some of the tree that overhangs our property. We have contacted the neighbour whose property the tree resides in and they are in agreement that the tree does require some reduction. We will also seek services of a professional tree surgeon once the works have been authorised.

Received
11 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
May Bank
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Birch House Sandy Lane Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 0LZ. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across May Bank. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the ST5 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
ST5 0LZ
Application type
Tree Works to TPO Tree(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14751553
Comments
0
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: T6-14\TPO0014Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Source: Newcastle under Lyme

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