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Ely Tower Castle Square Brecon Powys LD3 9DJ

26/24803/TRCAWork to trees in con areaApproved

Approved on 25 August 2026

Council decision: Works approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T6 / Tag 2849 Common Beech Early mature - Fair - Fair 20+ Poor height/girth ratio - Tall and slender tree. It's removal would benefit the surrounding trees, giving them more space to grow into 1/100K - Risk tolerable - Consider action Fell tree to ground level 1 T7 / Tag 2850 Common Beech Early mature - Fair - Fair 20+ Squirrel damage in upper canopy potentially leading to instability of affected stems. Within striking distance of neighbouring property 1/50K - Risk tolerable - Consider action Remove squirrel damaged sections and rebalance upper canopy where required. Also remove hanger and any squirrel damage from adjacent tree 1 T8 / Tag 2158 Common Beech Mature - Fair - Fair 20+ Included bark and compression fork at union at 4.5m. Beech tarcrust fungus on lower main stem 1/400K - Risk tolerable - Consider action Monitor integrity of union via annual inspection N/A G9 Ash Sycamore Beech Early mature - Fair/Poor - Fair 10+ Group of declining Ash and squirrel damaged Sycamores and Beech. Considered low risk at present 1/500K - Risk tolerable - Consider action Monitor damage and decline via annual inspection N/A

Received
22 July 2026
Council
Brecon Beacons
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ely Tower Castle Square Brecon Powys LD3 9DJ. Brecon Beacons has handled 92 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 4 weeks quicker than Brecon Beacons's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,772 applications in total for the LD3 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Brecon Beacons were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LD3 9DJ
Application type
Work to trees in con area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kathy Jenkins

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Brecon Beacons

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