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Sentosa Letch Lane Bourton-On-The-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DG

08/02583/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 10 September 2008

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1) Starting on right hand side of drive as you enter property Yew which is growing out over wall - reduce top by approx 4 - 5 ft and the side growth trimmed ro clear back to wall. 2) Back of house - Tulip Tree fell. 3) Thuja by the summer house - lift underskirt to leave it even. Lift overhang of summer house by some 3-4 ft and pull in side by 2 ft. Side growth of tree to be trimmed all round to make it a little more compact. 4) Thuja hedge - exempt. 5) Copper Beech on the roadside - lightly reduce top pull in side growth to make the tree more compact.

Received
1 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourton-on-the-Water
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 9 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sentosa Letch Lane Bourton-On-The-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DG. Cotswold has handled 2,542 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Bourton-on-the-Water conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,308 applications in total for the GL54 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Cotswold District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL54 2DG
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bourton On The Water

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2008

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bourton-on-the-Water Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 (2) Direction Bourton-On-The-Water
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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, 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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Oct

    T.1 - Mulberry in front garden along driveway boundary - limb failure due to structural weakness as a result…

    ApprovedApplication26/03201/TCONR
  2. 2026
    6 Aug

    Proposed installation of underground gate automation equipment and keypad access controls to existing…

    ApprovedApplication26/02387/FUL
  3. 2025
    29 Aug

    T.1 Western red cedar - Remove to ground level T.2 Western red cedar group of 14x trees/hedge - Remove to…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas25/02711/TCONR
  4. 2019
    24 Jul

    T1 Beech - Remove the 3 lowest branches forming low canopy over the wall; T2 Holly - Cut back to the wall and…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas19/02774/TCONR
  5. 2012
    16 Aug

    T1 Holly - trim lightly and topT2 Conifer -trim lightly and topT3 Copper Beech - thin by 20% T5 Hawthorn…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas12/03628/TCONR

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