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Elm Bank Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LF

25/00433/TCONRWorks to trees in conservation areasApproved

Approved on 13 March 2025

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

x2 Prunus trees (T1 & T2) in front garden next to driveway to fell to ground level, trees are close to boundary wall with poor health;

Received
11 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elm Bank Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LF. Cotswold has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 1LF
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2025
Consultation end
20 February 2025
Last date for comments
20 February 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13767347
Documents
6
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower Swell Conservation Area
  • Registered park and garden: AbbotswoodNext to the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Cotswold

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