5 Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PQ
Proposal
T1. Sycamore -Specification to include a height and spread reduction of 1.5m all over and reduce lateral branches to give 3m clearance to adjacent structures, as per arboricultural report, cutting back to strong secondary growth. Crown lift lower epicormic growth of main stems to 6m. Shape and balance.
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decided
- 9 August 2023 · Permit
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- Lansdown
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- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated9 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 0 days (council typically 35)
This is a tree application at 5 Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PQ. Cheltenham has handled 243 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 24 days. This one was decided in 5 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's median. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 158 applications across Lansdown. We hold 2,033 applications in total for the GL50 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200925 Aug
Sycamore - crown lift on house side to 10m, crown reduce on house side by 2-3m and crown thin by 10-15%
ApprovedTree Preservation Order09/01252/TPO - 20094 Aug
Sycamore (T2 on plan) on boundary with Juniper House, Malvern Road - crown reduce away from Juniper House…
ApprovedTree Preservation Order09/01147/TPO
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
- 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.
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