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Communal gardens at Arkwright Court Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8NF

P241739/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

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Proposal

Works to two trees in communal gardens of Arkwright Court: 1. Box elder tree in side garden major crown reduction (approx 50%) with slight crown raise. This tree has had a crown reduction before approx 15 years ago. 2. Cherry tree at front requires crown reduction to helppreserve tree as tree is in decline. It had a crown reduction approx 5years ago.

Received
9 July 2024
Ward
Leominster East
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Communal gardens at Arkwright Court Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8NF. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Leominster Town conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8NF
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leominster

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2024
Consultation expiry
1 August 2024
Consultation start
11 July 2024
Consultation end
1 August 2024
Last date for comments
1 August 2024
Target decision date
21 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Biosphere Organics Grafton Lodge, Grafton Grange Grafton Lane Grafton Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
8

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 River MeadowsPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Community CentreOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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, 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.

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