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17 Mortimer Close Orleton Ludlow, Herefordshire SY8 4PG

P032742/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 October 2003

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell one Sycamore tree at above address

Received
27 August 2003
Ward
Bircher
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Mortimer Close Orleton Ludlow, Herefordshire SY8 4PG. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Orleton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bircher. We hold 2,989 applications in total for the SY8 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Herefordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SY8 4PG
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2003
Consultation expiry
7 October 2003
Consultation start
3 September 2003
Consultation end
7 October 2003
Last date for comments
7 October 2003
Target decision date
8 October 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Edwards Tree Surgery 57 Bargates, Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 September 2003

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Orleton
  • 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: Herefordshire

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