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Whitegates Mathon Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6ER

P203354/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 November 2020

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed works to T1: Silver birch: Remove to ground level as it is starting to show signs of decay where a branch came off in a storm several years ago. Secondly, as the tree has matured it has grown intothe golden conifer nearby. In addition, the client has re- planted a new silver birch nearby.

Received
1 October 2020
Ward
Hope End
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target12 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Whitegates Mathon Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6ER. 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 Colwall Stone and Upper Colwall conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Hope End. 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 6ER
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colwall

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2020
Consultation expiry
28 October 2020
Consultation start
7 October 2020
Consultation end
28 October 2020
Last date for comments
28 October 2020
Target decision date
12 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chris Arnold Tree Surgery 1 Mill Cottages Dumbleton Evesham WR11 7TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2020

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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