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Chapters Cradley Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5LQ

P252134/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 September 2025

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1: Silver Birch (dead) - dismantle down to ground level. T2: Silver Birch (dead) - dismantle down to ground level. T3: Silver birch - reduce in height back to previous good pruning points leaving at approx 2m. T4: Silver birch - reduce in height back to previous good pruning points leaving at approx 2m. T5: Silver birch - reduce back toprevious good pruning points, leaving at approx 2m and removing the dead limb back to the stem.

Received
24 July 2025
Ward
Bishops Frome & Cradley
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Chapters Cradley Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5LQ. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Cradley conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Bishops Frome & Cradley. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 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
WR13 5LQ
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cradley

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Consultation expiry
15 August 2025
Consultation start
25 July 2025
Consultation end
15 August 2025
Last date for comments
15 August 2025
Target decision date
4 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Acer Tree Services (Hereford) Limited Alumhurst Woolhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 July 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: HyethermesOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    24 Nov

    T1: Leylandii hedge 30m+ (starting at the four trees from electric gates to T2 Leylandii at bottom of drive)…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP253377/K
  2. 2021
    9 Jun

    Application for hedgerow removal notice.

    ApprovedHedgerow RemovalP212317/H
  3. 2017
    25 Apr

    Reduce Eider and Common Ash.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP171499/K
  4. 2013
    25 Oct

    Reduce Oak tree over stables by 30% to reduce the amount of deadwood in the tree, reduce Silver Birch by 30%…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP132918/K
  5. 2013
    28 Feb

    Remodel existing front porch and balcony. Remove existing timber cladding and timber/render.

    ApprovedHouseholderP130599/FH
  6. 2012
    18 Dec

    Removal of four sections of hedgerow within the boundary of the property.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaN123532/K

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