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Prestbury House The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DN

19/01613/CACNConservation Area NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 August 2019

Council decision: No objection raisedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ash Tree - prune out 1/3 to 1/2 of the shoots, larger ones where duplicated, then reduce the length of the remainder by ca.50% current length ( shoot renewal pruning). False Acacia - crown reduction pruning to reduce height of tree by 1/3 plus similar reduction to radial spread, accompanied by dead wood removal. Horse Chestnut - repeat crown reduction, will all main limbs reduced by 2-3m.

Received
12 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prestbury
Agent
Forbes-Laird Arboricultural Consultancy
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 1 day (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Prestbury House The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DN. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Prestbury conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Prestbury. We hold 1,672 applications in total for the GL52 postcode area.

99% of heritage applications at Cheltenham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL52 3DN
Application type
Conservation Area Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Prestbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2019
Target decision date
23 September 2019
Committee meeting
22 August 2019
Permission expires
13 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Forbes-Laird Arboricultural Consultancy
Agent address
74 Barford Road Blunham Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 3ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Prestbury Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Prestbury House HotelOn this site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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: Cheltenham

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