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Merryfield Church Lane High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AP

25/01789/CACNConservation Area NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 November 2025

Council decision: No objection raisedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Cypress (as indicated by photo) - Remove

Received
6 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prestbury
Agent
Cheltenham Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 4 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Merryfield Church Lane High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AP. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Prestbury conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Prestbury. We hold 1,676 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 3AP
Application type
Conservation Area Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Prestbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025
Permission expires
10 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cheltenham Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
7 Loweswater Close Cheltenham GL51 3BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14466172
Comments
0
Documents
5
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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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