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Sunnyside Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG

23/00139/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 8 February 2023

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Fell to ground the following trees / shrubs. B1 Lylac, B2 Lylac, B3 Vibrunum, E Conifer, D Lylac, C Conifer, B2 Conifer, B3 Holly, B4 Conifer, B5 Holly, T5(g) Lawson cypress, B6 Holly, B7 Holly, B8 Holly - Fell and grind X2 Holly & X1 Conifer for Gf Group X2 Holly X1 Conifer X1 Holly - Trim remaining X1 Holly

Received
13 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 26 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sunnyside Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG. Cotswold has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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 1LG
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2023
Consultation expiry
31 January 2023
Consultation end
31 January 2023
Last date for comments
31 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Tom Cooper
Agent address
Lower Buildings Sarsden Chipping Norton OX7 6PN

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
4

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    7 Dec

    T1-Thorn: Cut down to form part of H1 new hedge height. Bc1-Malus: Fell. T3-Malus: Fell. T4-Magnolia: Fell…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas23/03870/TCONR
  2. 2023
    30 Jun

    Compliance with condition 2 (Samples), 3 (Sample Panel), 4 (Design and details) and 10 (Rainwater goods) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/02072/COMPLY
  3. 2022
    19 Dec

    Provision of garage with garden store

    ApprovedFull Application22/04449/FUL
  4. 2022
    19 Dec

    Provision of garage with garden store

    ApprovedListed building consent22/04450/LBC
  5. 2021
    6 Dec

    Demolition of conservatory and greenhouse and erection of single storey extensions; internal and external…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/04576/LBC
  6. 2021
    1 Feb

    G1 - Row of 7 Lime trees, to be re-pollarded in line with previous pollard point approximately 7-8ft. This is…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas21/00443/TCONR

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