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Waterside Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BJ

26/00973/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplatanus) is identified as T1 on the accompanying sketch plan, the tree is covered by a TPO ref 21/00778/TREEPO, It is proposed to undertake crown lifting to raise the canopy and allow improved ground clearance and light access to the area below which is to be relandscaped.

Received
18 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Charlton Kings
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 2 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Waterside Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BJ. Cheltenham has handled 243 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Charlton Kings. We hold 1,445 applications in total for the GL53 postcode area.

96% of trees 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
GL53 8BJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Charlton Kings

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2026
Target decision date
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Agent
Agent address
The Hawthorns Elkstone Cheltenham GL53 9PB

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Sam Reader
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15019977
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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