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Offices, The Old Priory The Priory Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8EQ

P241628/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Yew tree, reduce height due to the tree interfering with the fabricof the building & roof (Number 1 on sketch) 2. Holly tree, reduce height due to the tree interfering with the fabric of the building & roof (Number 2 on sketch) 3. Goat Willow, to be cut down as too close to building (Historic England has also requested this to be removed) (Number 3 on sketch)

Received
26 June 2024
Ward
Leominster East
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Offices, The Old Priory The Priory Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8EQ. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Leominster Town conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Leominster East. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 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
HR6 8EQ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leominster

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Consultation expiry
6 August 2024
Consultation start
16 July 2024
Consultation end
6 August 2024
Last date for comments
6 August 2024
Target decision date
22 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Leominster Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: Priory Building at the Old RectoryOn this site · +1 more
  • Scheduled monument: Leominster Priory
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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