Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP

18/02167/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 2 July 2018

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T.13 - Wellingtonia - Remove (or suitably reduce (approx. 2/3m) individual defected branches (hazard beam cracks). Reduce by 2m individual branches identified as likely to suffer hazard beam cracks in near future due to excessive end weight (12 max). Crown raise by approx. 1-2m to 3m out of reach of children / public. Remove crossing branches (12 max & no more than 200mm at source). Remove dead wood; T.21 - Horse Chestnut - Crown raise BY approx. 2-3m to 3/4m out of reach of children and public and to achieve a uniform height. Reduce the bottom LHS of crown (facing tree with back to Manor building) by approx. 2m to manage crown bias due to light supression to RHS; T.20, 22,24,26 (Sycamore, Lime, Sycamore, Beech) - Remove dead wood. Crown raise minor secondary growth (100mm pruning max) to achieve uniform height.

Received: 11 June 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cotswold District Council
Ward: Bourton Vale

ReceivedReceived11 Jun
ValidatedValidated11 Jun
Consult.Consultation20 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Jul

Decided in 21 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP. Cotswold has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Slaughter conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Bourton Vale. We hold 3,306 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 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: GL54 2HP
Application type: Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lower Slaughter

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 June 2018
Consultation expiry: 20 June 2018
Consultation end: 20 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Thomas Hammets
Agent address: The Gatehouse Gloucester Lane Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6RP

Additional information

Documents: 3
Constraints: 3

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: Lower Slaughter Conservation Area
National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Cotswold

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