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St Josephs Roman Catholic Primary School Walford Road Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5AW

P221031/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 May 2022

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - reduce canopy overhanging building by approximately one third by selective thinning and shortening of canopy to prevent encroachment and reduce risk of branch failure onto building.

Received
25 March 2022
Ward
Ross East
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Josephs Roman Catholic Primary School Walford Road Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5AW. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ross-on-Wye conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ross East. We hold 4,980 applications in total for the HR9 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
HR9 5AW
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ross-on-Wye Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2022
Consultation expiry
21 April 2022
Consultation start
29 March 2022
Consultation end
21 April 2022
Last date for comments
21 April 2022
Target decision date
6 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Adrian Hope Tree Services Ribston Lawn Much Marcle Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 March 2022

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ross-on-WyePart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Ross-on-WyePart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Jun

    T1 - Birch remove two smaller stems to leave the upright stem. Crown lift the three remaining stems to 12…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP261882/K
  2. 2026
    1 Apr

    Playing field at the rear, not including the forest school area: G1 - Various Yew and Sycamore trees on the…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP260984/K
  3. 2025
    4 Mar

    Proposed single-storey extension to rear of hall building, to create nursery facility.

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionP250678/F
  4. 2024
    2 Dec

    Proposed works to T1-Sycamore behind the bike shed, fell to ground andkill stump. T2 - Sycamore to the right…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP243091/K
  5. 2023
    12 Sep

    Field Maples in the nursery area - fell x1 Sorbus & x1 Hornbeam. Trim x1 Field Maple to allow light into the…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP232733/K
  6. 2021
    15 Jul

    Proposed single-storey extension to detached hall building, to create 2 no. additional classrooms.

    ApprovedCouncil Development Reg 4P212807/CD4

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