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Old Shop Cottage Lucton Leominster Herefordshire HR6 9PH

P241563/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 July 2024

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A mature ash tree in the northern boundary hedge half way down the garden needs to be pollarded down to the main unions to reduce leverage and risk of falling branches. This has been recommended by, and will be carried out by a qualified tree surgeon.

Received
19 June 2024
Ward
Bircher
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Old Shop Cottage Lucton Leominster Herefordshire HR6 9PH. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lucton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings 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 9PH
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lucton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2024
Consultation expiry
11 July 2024
Consultation start
20 June 2024
Consultation end
11 July 2024
Last date for comments
11 July 2024
Target decision date
31 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Shop CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • 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, conservation areas, 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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© 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. 2015
    28 Jan

    Works to boundary - reduce Holly tree to approx 6 ft and Damson Tree to ground level

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP150240/K
  2. 2015
    28 Jan

    Works to boundary - reduce Holly tree to approx 6 ft and Damson Tree to ground level

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP150243/K
  3. 2012
    5 Apr

    Proposed two storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderN121046/FH
  4. 2012
    5 Apr

    Proposed two storey rear extension.

    ApprovedListed building consentN121047/L
  5. 2011
    21 Oct

    Two storey rear extension.

    RefusedHouseholderN112969/FH
  6. 2011
    21 Oct

    Two storey rear extension.

    RefusedListed building consentN112970/L

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