The Chestnuts, Flat 1 The Avenue Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5AW
Refused on 23 October 2026
Council decision: Trees in Cons Area Objection
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Proposal
(T1) Request for the complete removal of one mature Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Received
- 14 September 2026
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Ross East
- ReceivedReceived14 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation5 Oct
- TargetTarget Date27 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at The Chestnuts, Flat 1 The Avenue Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5AW. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ross-on-Wye conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ross East. We hold 4,980 applications in total for the HR9 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
- HR9 5AW
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Parish
- Ross-on-Wye
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 October 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nicholas McGowan
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ross-on-Wye
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202515 May
Three yew trees (Indicated 1, 2 and 3 on plan and images 1 and 2) which have been unevenly cut by previous…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP251319/K - 201320 Sep
Remove limb of Cedar, high prune/crown Sycamore and prune back Ash.
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP132577/K
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