Arboriculture Team

Forestry Officers provide a specialist forestry service to the council as well as participating in a wide range of corporate projects. Their remit includes:

• Arboriculture and Forestry Policy
• Arboriculture and Forestry advice to Development Management team
• Making Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and their enforcement
• Determine applications for works to protected trees
• Responsible for managing the Tree Risk Management Strategy

For further information see the Trees and Hedges on the Cheshire East Website

Contact details

• planningtrees@cheshireeast.gov.uk
• In person: Macclesfield Town Hall, floor 2 / Delamere House, Crewe, floor 2 (by prior arrangement)

Team members

• Tom Evans: Strategic and Environmental Planning Manager
• Chris Hudson: Arboriculture and Ecology Team Leader
• Ruth Baker: Principal Arboriculture Officer (Tree Risk)
• Emma Hood: Principal Arboriculture Officer
• Gary Newsome: Senior Arboriculture Officer
• Louis Saunders: Arboriculture Officer
• Alvin Dunn: Assistant Arboriculture Officer