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Riverside Primary School Belmont Avenue Hereford Herefordshire HR2 7JF

P262167/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

8+ Group Willow - Pollard the smaller remaining willow stems to 12inches below existing fence height (approx 2m from ground level). Branches have already snapped out, including into school play area. High risk, high traffic zone, with open footpaths running between the primary school and ASDA superstore. Request works are carried out ASAPdue to risk of further more branch failures. Utilising time away from pupils, while school is shut for holidays

Received
22 July 2026
Ward
Hinton & Hunderton
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Riverside Primary School Belmont Avenue Hereford Herefordshire HR2 7JF. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hereford Central Area conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Hinton & Hunderton. We hold 6,432 applications in total for the HR2 postcode area.

100% 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
HR2 7JF
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hereford

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation start
23 July 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Last date for comments
13 August 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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