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4 Rectory Close Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

24/00058/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 25 January 2024

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Horse Chestnut tree (T1)- to re-pollard mature tree back to previous consented height; 2-3m from side tips, and 3-4m from height to take away new growth.

Received
8 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 17 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Rectory Close Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 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 1LH
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2024
Consultation expiry
18 January 2024
Consultation end
18 January 2024
Last date for comments
18 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Tom Negus
Agent address
5 Halifax Way Moreton In Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0GN

Additional information

Documents
7
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.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    10 Jun

    Sycamore (T1): reduce crown x 25% approximately 4m in height and lateral branches to balance upper crown

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas19/02207/TCONR
  2. 2019
    10 May

    T1 - Sycamore - Crown reduce by approx 1.5 - 2 metres - Tree has an imbalanced form from historic tree…

    WithdrawnWorks to trees in conservation areas19/01763/TCONR
  3. 2016
    5 Dec

    T.1 Birch - Reduce to previous pruning points by removal of approx 3m of regrowth and shape crow to balance

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas16/05058/TCONR
  4. 2013
    28 Nov

    Horse Chestnut - sever roots at edge of driveway

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas13/05071/TCONR
  5. 2013
    7 Nov

    T.1 - Chestnut Tree - crown reduction by about 2-3 metres and the width by about 4 metres. Measurement after…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas13/04742/TCONR
  6. 2010
    18 Aug

    Sycamore Tree - T2 on Plan - adjacent to hut, fell.

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas10/03479/TCONR

Source: Cotswold

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