The Hayes Southam Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3NQ
Approved on 1 April 2026
Council decision: No objection raisedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Mature sycamore on the left hand side of the driveway,compromised union and barbed wire fence grown into the base-heavy pollard (33%) to alleviate union.
- Received
- 30 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- Prestbury
- Agent
- First Arb Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated1 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 May
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 0 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Hayes Southam Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3NQ. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Prestbury conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 3NQ
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Prestbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- First Arb Tree Services
- Agent address
- Wood Lane Down Hatherley Gloucester GL2 9QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: The Prestbury Conservation Area
- Green belt: Cheltenham
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202225 Apr
To crown raise the low canopy on the garden side to approximately 5 metres from ground level, remove all of…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification22/00756/CACN - 202115 Sep
Works for the Honey Locust Tree - to deadwood throughout, raise the low canopy to approx. x4 metres and to…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification21/02074/CACN - 201930 Aug
False Acacia (Robinia Pseudoacacia) located on the Front Drive - Reduce height down by 2m, cutting back to…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification19/01737/CACN - 200812 Feb
Sycamore - fell
ApprovedConservation Area Notification08/00224/CACN
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