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11a Townsend Park Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0DZ

P223210/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 December 2022

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce front (roadside) conifer hedge from its current height of approx. 12" down to a finished height of approx 6", in order to allow more light into the front garden and to help with ease of maintenance,i.e. annual trimming. If this application is approved, the work will only be carried out after the bird nesting season and the greatest of care will be taken when undertaking the work in case of any late active bird nests.

Submitted
26 September 2022
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 11a Townsend Park Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0DZ. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Luston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bircher. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 postcode area.

100% 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
HR6 0DZ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Luston
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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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© 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.

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Source: Herefordshire

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