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The Old Rectory Upper Road Eastnor Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1RB

P230857/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2023

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Cherry Tree, located on the driveway into the property: Tree showing decay in the trunk. Lowest limb to be removed, showing heavy signs ofdecay near the union. Reduce the remaining canopy by 2-3 meters.

Received
15 March 2023
Ward
Ledbury South
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Rectory Upper Road Eastnor Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1RB. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastnor conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Ledbury South. We hold 2,624 applications in total for the HR8 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
HR8 1RB
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eastnor

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2023
Consultation expiry
12 April 2023
Consultation start
20 March 2023
Consultation end
12 April 2023
Last date for comments
12 April 2023
Target decision date
26 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
J E Estate Maintenance Heathfield House Ross Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Eastnor
  • Listed building: Grade II: Eastnor CourtOn this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Malvern Hills
  • 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, 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, 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

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jul

    Construction of a tree house and play equipment.

    ApprovedHouseholderP262240/FH
  2. 2026
    30 Mar

    Rebuild of two chimneys like for like.

    ApprovedListed building consentP260719/L
  3. 2019
    3 Apr

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 of Listed Building Consent 190228

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP191299/XA2
  4. 2019
    20 Feb

    Change of use of two areas of land to domestic curtilage. Proposed shed and greenhouse. Proposed wildlife…

    ApprovedHouseholderP190282/FH
  5. 2019
    22 Jan

    Proposed new window design only for conversion and refurbishment of stable, tack and carriage room…

    ApprovedListed building consentP190228/L
  6. 2018
    17 Jan

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 attached to Listed Building Consent P143530/L

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP180201/XA2

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