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Crofts Barn School House Lane Abbots Bromley WS15 3BT

P/2026/00175Works to a Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval - DelegatedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Height reduction of upper canopy by up to 2m or to nearest suitable growth points to alleviate loading at point of inclusion, prune lateral branches to achieve 0.5m clearance of 5 x BT cables, reduce end weight of compressed unions formed on lower lateral branches extending towards driveway by up to 1.5m of one Beech tree (T1 TPO 478).

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bagots & Needwood
Agent
Tonks Brothers Tree Services
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at CROFTS BARN SCHOOL HOUSE LANE ABBOTS BROMLEY WS15 3BT. East Staffordshire has handled 993 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days longer than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Abbots Bromley conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 260 applications across Bagots & Needwood. We hold 519 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at East Staffordshire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WS15 3BT
Application type
Works to a Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Abbots Bromley CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Committee meeting
3 February 2026
Application expires
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Tonks Brothers Tree Services

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Publicity

Site notice end
9 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100031675847
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Abbots Bromley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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: East Staffordshire

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