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Footpath at The Lower Rope Walk, adjacent to Wilton Road Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire

P221984/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 March 2023

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 is a mature White Poplar standing on the banks of the River Wye adjacent to Wilton road. It stands at 26m high and approx 25m across the canopy. Selective branch reduction and removal of limbs either broken or over extended, showing higher risk of failure.

Received
17 June 2022
Ward
Ross West
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 283 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Footpath at The Lower Rope Walk, adjacent to Wilton Road Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire. Herefordshire has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 33 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ross-on-Wye conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Ross West.

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

Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ross-on-Wye Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2022
Consultation expiry
13 July 2022
Consultation start
22 June 2022
Consultation end
13 July 2022
Last date for comments
13 July 2022
Target decision date
2 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ecotech Tree Care The Haven Llangrove Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 6ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 June 2022

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ross-on-Wye
  • Scheduled monument: Wilton BridgeNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Ross-on-Wye
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • SSSI: River Wye SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: River WyePart of the site

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 (16)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

Source: Herefordshire

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