St James Church Rectory Lane Cradley Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5LH
Decided on 12 September 2019
Council decision: Split Decision
Proposal
Justification and identification is attached to this application: Fell small holly to west of church, it is damaging the churchyard wall. Fell walnut on North boundary. Irish Yew 'F' - tapered stumping of snow damaged tree to encourage re-growth. This isthe only tree subject to TPO.
- Received
- 10 July 2019
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Bishops Frome & Cradley
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Aug
- TargetTarget Date4 Sep
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St James Church Rectory Lane Cradley Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5LH. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. The site is in the Cradley conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Bishops Frome & Cradley. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 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
- WR13 5LH
- Application type
- Works to trees covered by TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cradley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 8 August 2019
- Consultation start
- 11 July 2019
- Consultation end
- 8 August 2019
- Last date for comments
- 8 August 2019
- Target decision date
- 4 September 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 July 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Malvern Hills
- 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, conservation 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202514 Apr
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 attached to planning permission 221614
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP251139/XA2 - 202521 Jan
Non-material amendment to planning permission 221614
ApprovedNon-material amendmentP250224/AM - 202217 May
A new single storey lean-to extension to the north elevation of the church.
ApprovedPlanning PermissionP221614/F - 201913 Sep
Proposed works: The walnut is causing die back in the North hedge of the Churchyard (further justifications…
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOP193237/J - 20187 Aug
Sweet Chestnut tree to be felled
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP182943/K - 201728 Sep
Works to trees within the churchyard.
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOP173685/J - 201520 Feb
Works to Yew tree
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOP150496/J
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