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

19/02774/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 21 August 2019

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Beech - Remove the 3 lowest branches forming low canopy over the wall; T2 Holly - Cut back to the wall and tidy the appearance. G3 Western Red Cedar hedge- Reduce the height by up to a third. The neighbours have made a comment about their lack of light, and this will increase light levels into their garden; T4 &5 Western Red Cedar - Remove to improve light levels into the neighbours garden ; T6 Yew tree - Branch tip reduction up to 1m to formally prune the tree; T7 Western Red Cedar - Branch tip reduction up to 1m to formally prune the tree

Received
24 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourton Village
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 28 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 28 days, 7 days 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. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Bourton Village. 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
24 July 2019
Consultation expiry
6 August 2019
Consultation end
6 August 2019
Last date for comments
6 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Keith Mills
Agent address
100 Pavenhill Purton Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4DB

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
7

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. 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
  5. 2008
    1 Sep

    1) Starting on right hand side of drive as you enter property Yew which is growing out over wall - reduce top…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas08/02583/TCONR

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