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Old Court Cottage Burghill Hereford Herefordshire HR4 7RX

P221556/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 June 2022

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Remove Douglas Fir Tree (Pseudotsuga Menziesii), approx 30-40 feet tall. Dangerously close to overhead cables and overshadowing adjacent fruit trees. It is very fast growing, kills everything underneath it and is not appropriate for a small garden.

Received
12 May 2022
Ward
Queenswood
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Old Court Cottage Burghill Hereford Herefordshire HR4 7RX. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Burghill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Queenswood. We hold 3,899 applications in total for the HR4 postcode area.

99% of works to trees in a conservation area 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 7RX
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burghill

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2022
Consultation expiry
9 June 2022
Consultation start
17 May 2022
Consultation end
9 June 2022
Last date for comments
9 June 2022
Target decision date
23 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 May 2022

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    4 Nov

    Erection of garage (part retrospective).

    ApprovedHouseholderP214090/FH
  2. 2021
    4 Nov

    Erection of garage (part retrospective).

    WithdrawnListed building consentP214091/L
  3. 2002
    9 Oct

    To remove existing shed and erect a timber studio/office

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionDCC023161/F
  4. 2002
    13 Feb

    Removal of existing single storey lean-to and replace with new pitchedroof extension to form new kitchen…

    RefusedPlanning PermissionDCC020451/F
  5. 2002
    13 Feb

    Removal of existing single storey lean-to structure and replace with new pitched roof extension to form new…

    RefusedListed building consentDCC020617/L
  6. 2001
    20 Apr

    Removal of existing single storey lean-to structure and replace with new pitched roof extension to form new…

    RefusedPlanning PermissionDCC012035/F

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