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St Lukes Church St Lukes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire

26/00098/CACNConservation Area NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: No objection raisedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Yew - Reduce by 2m and shape and cut back from the streetlight and signage (the Yew is blocking the light from the streetlight and signage). T2 Holly - Reduce to live growth, and trim (Holly in decline - top is dead). T3 Holly - Remove to ground level (tree is in decline).

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
College
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 10 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at St Lukes Church St Lukes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College.

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

Application type
Conservation Area Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026
Permission expires
2 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Arnold Tree Surgery
Agent address
The Oakleys Far Stanley Nr Winchcombe Gloucestershire GL45 5HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14640829
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
3

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 (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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