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St James Church, Church Street, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2PF

P26/0285Tree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 30 September 2026

Proposal

Fell 2no. Beech trees

Received
11 March 2026
Ward
Gornal
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 203 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at ST JAMES CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, LOWER GORNAL, DUDLEY, DY3 2PF. Dudley has handled 325 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 21 weeks longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Gornal. We hold 333 applications in total for the DY3 postcode area.

65% of trees applications at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DY3 2PF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
John Fraser
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
90144704
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, National Landscapes, 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: Dudley

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