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Dudley Zoo And Castle, CASTLE HILL, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY1 4QF

P26/0538Tree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 13 July 2026

Proposal

Cut back 2 no. Ash trees to previous reduction points

Received
7 May 2026
Ward
Castle and Priory Ward, Castle & Priory
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dudley Zoo And Castle, CASTLE HILL, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY1 4QF. Dudley has handled 325 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Dudley's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle Hill, Dudley conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Castle and Priory Ward, Castle & Priory. We hold 326 applications in total for the DY1 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
DY1 4QF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
2 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
90144400
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.

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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