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East Staffordshire Borough Council Town Hall King Edward Place Burton Upon Trent DE14 2EB

P/2026/00682Works to a Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 29 July 2026

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

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Proposal

Cut back canopy from flag poles to create a 2-metre clearance of six Hornbeam trees (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6) (TPO 366)

Received
19 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shobnall
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at EAST STAFFORDSHIRE BOROUGH COUNCIL TOWN HALL KING EDWARD PLACE BURTON UPON TRENT DE14 2EB. East Staffordshire has handled 993 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the King Edward Place conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Shobnall. We hold 262 applications in total for the DE14 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
DE14 2EB
Application type
Works to a Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shobnall CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026
Consultation expiry
15 July 2026
Committee meeting
22 June 2026
Application expires
14 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
East Staffordshire Borough Council

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice end
15 July 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100032283181

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: King Edward Place
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn this site · +1 more

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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