Hillgates Farm Hillgates Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8JG
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: Trees covered by TPO – Consent Granted4 conditions
Proposal
Horse chesnut tree. To cut it down to ground level. It has quite alot of die back and being adjacent to the A466 it poses a danger to vehicles and people. It was marked for felling by themselves due to the danger it poses but they then declined to proceed due to the TPO, which i now want removed to allow me to proceed.
- Received
- 24 March 2026
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Birch
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation22 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Hillgates Farm Hillgates Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8JG. Herefordshire has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Birch. We hold 6,432 applications in total for the HR2 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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Application details
- Postcode
- HR2 8JG
- Application type
- Works to trees covered by TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Llanwarne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 22 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 22 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 22 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 25 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Herefordshire
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