Grey Gables Bow Lane Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DJ
Approved on 11 November 2025
Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
1. Western Red Cedar x3 - Section fell trees 2. Yew - Reduce crown spread overhanging property by up to 3 metres in branch length Reduce remaining crown circumference over garden by up to 2 metres in branch length Prune to shape 3. Atlantic Cedar - Lightly raise crown height to approximately 2.5 metres
- Received
- 16 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cotswold District Council
- Ward
- Bourton Village
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation29 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Nov
Decided in 26 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a tree application at Grey Gables Bow Lane Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DJ. Cotswold has handled 2,542 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 9 days quicker than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Bourton-on-the-Water conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 2DJ
- Application type
- Works to trees in conservation areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bourton On The Water
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Paul Hodkinson
- Agent address
- 1 St.James Court Stonesfield Witney OX29 8QW
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14413871
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bourton-on-the-Water Conservation Area
- National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202221 Dec
Mature Blue Atlas Cedar Reduce overall crown symmetry by approximately 1.5 - 2.5 metres in branch length…
ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas22/04468/TCONR - 202221 Nov
Conversion of garage and room over to create a self contained annex
ApprovedFull Application22/04129/FUL - 202221 Nov
Conversion of garage and room over to create a self contained annex
WithdrawnListed building consent22/04130/LBC - 202017 Dec
1.Beech Remove x3 lower branches over shading lawn & greenhouse Remove or prune lower secondary branches…
ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas20/04546/TCONR - 202013 Feb
1. Twin stemmed Western Red Cedar Section fell tree to leave the remaining stump at a height of approximately…
ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas20/00610/TCONR - 201321 Oct
4 Western Red Cedar - reduce overall height of trees to height of adjacent garage, prune to reduce lateral…
ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas13/04483/TCONR - 20125 Dec
2 / 3 large Cypress trees growing within 2 yards of garage wall - fell
ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas12/05421/TCONR
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