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1 Rectory Cottages Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LF

21/04636/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 19 January 2022

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 - Reduce height of group by approx. 2m. Reduce off-site boundary overhang by 2-3m. G2 - Reduce crown of 1 x Sycamore by 2m. Discretionarily prune other insignificant trees by 1-3m to create clearance for garage use and hedge on opposing side

Received
10 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Rectory Cottages Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LF. Cotswold has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Stow. 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 1LF
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2021
Consultation expiry
22 December 2021
Consultation end
22 December 2021
Last date for comments
22 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Tom Hamments
Agent address
PO Box 105 Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0WY

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
5

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 Swell 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.

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: Cotswold

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