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Cheltenham Film Studios Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN

23/01254/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 August 2023

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Oak adjacent to rear corner of Cheltenham Film Studios: reduce branches over roof of building. Lower branches to be reduced by 2.5m - 3m cutting to strong secondary growth. Upper branches to be reduced by 2m maximum, retaining the shape of the tree and cutting to strong secondary growth.

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benhall/The Reddings/Fiddlers Green
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 0 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cheltenham Film Studios Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN. Cheltenham has handled 243 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 7 days quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Benhall/The Reddings/Fiddlers Green. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the GL51 postcode area.

96% of trees 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
GL51 6PN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2023
Target decision date
11 October 2023
Permission expires
16 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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