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The Hopelands Weobley Hereford Herefordshire HR4 8SN

P203181/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 September 2020

Council decision: Tree works: 5-day Notice - Approval given

Proposal

FIVE DAY NOTICE- Oak (T1) - repollard tree as boughs have collapsed onto play area and has become unsafe. Chicken in the woods fungus is growing on the tree causing heartwood rot.

Received
18 September 2020
Ward
Weobley
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Hopelands Weobley Hereford Herefordshire HR4 8SN. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Weobley conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Weobley. We hold 3,899 applications in total for the HR4 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
HR4 8SN
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weobley

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2020
Consultation expiry
21 September 2020
Consultation start
21 September 2020
Target decision date
30 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Gareth Higgs Tree Surgeon The Old Cider Mill Kingsland Leominster Herefordshire HR6 9SE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2020

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    14 Nov

    Proposed Biomass boiler, within brick built extension.

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionP132461/F

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