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20 Priory Lea Coughton Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5RT

P260643/JWorks to trees covered by TPORefused

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Trees covered by TPO – Consent Refused4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Yew tree to height reduce and reshape mainly by pruning selective elongated branches by 1-3 meters. Dead wooding to be carried out at the same time.

Received
1 March 2026
Ward
Kerne Bridge
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 20 Priory Lea Coughton Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5RT. Herefordshire has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Kerne Bridge. We hold 4,980 applications in total for the HR9 postcode area.

91% of works to trees covered by tpo applications at Herefordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. At the time of the Tree Officer’s site visit, no structural or physiological defects were detected that would justify the proposed amenity lessening works.
  2. No justification has been provided for the restriction of the tree's size. The site has adequate space to allow the development of the tree to its full potential. The proposed works would be to the detriment of the future public amenity value of the tree.
  3. The proposed works would result in the loss of a large proportion of the tree's canopy and would be significantly detrimental to the appearance of the tree. The proposed works would be to the detriment of the natural shape, form and flow of the tree's canopy, and therefore to public amenity.
  4. Unnecessary tree works should be avoided to minimise the chances of detrimental impacts on the tree's vascular system, potentially leading to the ingress of harmful pathogens and decay, or the activation of latent pathogens or decay fungi.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HR9 5RT
Application type
Works to trees covered by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Walford

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
31 March 2026
Target decision date
26 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mortimer Tree Services 6 Hartland Close Belmont Hereford Herefordshire HR2 7SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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