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New Court Cottage Old Church Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6ET

P212611/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 August 2021

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1: Cypress (dying) - sectionally dismantle down to leave as near ground level as possible. T2: Wellingtonia - remove the previous cut stubs and one large lower branch to raise crown over the lawn. T3: Cypress by gate - remove 30% of the top crown to round off the crown. T4: Laurel - raise the crown over the hedge and roof by 1-5m

Received
1 July 2021
Ward
Hope End
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at New Court Cottage Old Church Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6ET. 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 5 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 6ET
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colwall

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2021
Consultation expiry
26 July 2021
Consultation start
5 July 2021
Consultation end
26 July 2021
Last date for comments
26 July 2021
Target decision date
12 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Acer Tree Services (Hereford) Limited Alumhurst New Road Woolhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 July 2021

Additional information

Documents
4

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

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© 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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Mar

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 attached to planning permission 252814

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP260900/XA2
  2. 2025
    15 Oct

    Front porch with external and internal alterations.

    ApprovedHouseholderP252814/FH
  3. 2025
    7 Oct

    Sychamore tree - removal of tree due to concerns regarding future roots system destabilising structural…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP252879/K
  4. 2023
    13 Dec

    Proposed demolition of sun lounge, first floor extension, new entranceporch canopy and garden shed…

    ApprovedHouseholderP233677/FH
  5. 2023
    9 May

    1. Removal of pussy Willow - T3; diseased and dying. No nesting birds within. 2. Removal of Magnolia - T2; to…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP231446/K

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