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The Villa, Duffield Lane

P/2026/00748Tree NoticeApproved

Approved on 18 August 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce height back to previous pollard points of nine Ash trees (T1), removal of dead stem of one Ash tree (T1), reduce heigh up to 50% and shape one Cypress tree (T3), reduce height by up to 50% to the nearest growth points of one Gingko tree (T5), reduce height by up to 6ft to nearest growth points and shape one Pine tree (T6) and reduce height by up to 6ft to nearest growth point and shape one Cedrous Deodara tree (T7)

Received
2 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crown
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application at THE VILLA, DUFFIELD LANE. East Staffordshire has handled 72 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Newborough conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Crown. We hold 2,945 applications in total for the DE13 postcode area.

100% of tree notice 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
DE13 8SH
Application type
Tree Notice
Parish
Newborough CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026
Consultation end
23 July 2026
Target decision date
13 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Alan Harvey

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Newborough

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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