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Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

P262953/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Walnut Tree has been previously French-pollarded leaving a high canopy of scaffold branches. Proposal is to reduce these by approx 15'to ease future maintenance, and remove one branch on the driveway (western) side as it could impact vehicles using the driveway

Received
6 October 2026
Decision due
17 November 2026
Ward
Bircher
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH. Herefordshire has handled 1,765 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Luston conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bircher. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 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
HR6 0FH
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Parish
Luston

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2026
Consultation end
28 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicholas McGowan

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Luston
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Jul

    T1 - acer. T2 - mulberry but does not fruit. T3 - goat willow which has been reduced many times. To fell 3…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP262217/K
  2. 2026
    6 Jul

    T1 pear, T2 apple - storm damaged and to be removed. T3 ,T4 - elders -overgrown. Previous consent to fell out…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP261951/K
  3. 2026
    26 Jun

    Approximately 5x stools of willows to be re-coppiced and 1x birch to be reduced located with the circled area…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP261732/K
  4. 2024
    11 Sep

    Proposed works to: T1: Walnut, T2: Holly, T3: Ash, T4: Holly, T5: GoatWillow, T6: Silver birch (x2), T7: Crab…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP242352/K
  5. 2021
    26 Jan

    Goat willow (T1) - periodic pollarding (last undertaken approximately 5 years ago). There are may very large…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP210287/K
  6. 2019
    14 Aug

    T1- Sycamore Tree - to fell of low amenity value. T2 - Ash Tree - to fell main leading stem decayed and…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP192779/K

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