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18 Merwald Close Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8FA

P213838/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 December 2021

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

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Proposal

Over a 2 year period, coppice most shrubs which have grown into trees and remove dead wood, dangerous branches and trees. Remove tree branches touching roofs of houses.

Received
14 October 2021
Ward
Leominster North & Rural
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Merwald Close Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8FA. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Leominster Bridge Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Leominster North & Rural. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 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
HR6 8FA
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leominster

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2021
Consultation expiry
11 November 2021
Consultation start
21 October 2021
Consultation end
11 November 2021
Last date for comments
11 November 2021
Target decision date
30 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Biosphere Organics Grafton Lodge, Grafton Grange Grafton Lane Grafton Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Leominster Bridge Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 97, Bridge StreetOn this site · +3 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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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.

Source: Herefordshire

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