Airthrie School 29 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NY
Approved on 5 February 2026
Council decision: No objection raisedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T19 - Norway Maple height 6 metres - remove tree so safer surface works can be installed to play area, T17 Leylandi cypress x 7 - crown reduction works to include a 5m height reduction and prune lateral growth by 1.5m, reduce growth around fire escape to give 4m clearance - (health and safety risk of overhanging branches)
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- Lansdown
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 0 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Airthrie School 29 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NY. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 148 applications across Lansdown. We hold 2,077 applications in total for the GL50 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
- GL50 2NY
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 5 February 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site 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 (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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Feb
T17 Leyland Cyrpress x 7 - crown reduction works specification to include a 5m height reduction, prune…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification26/00229/CACN - 202529 Jul
T2 Apple -Complete removal by sectional dismantling to ground level. Stump removal by mechanical stump…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification25/01191/CACN
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