Land Lying To The South Merlin Way Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire

22/01027/TRCATrees Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 August 2022

Council decision: Conservation Area Works Notice IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Crown lift canopies to 5.5 metres above Highway and 4 metres above ground level canopy not over Highway of no2 Ash trees and 1no Aspen tree

Received: 7 July 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lichfield District Council
Ward: Whittington And Streethay

ReceivedReceived7 Jul
ValidatedValidated7 Jul
Consult.Consultation21 Jul
TargetTarget Date18 Aug
DecidedDecided11 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Lying To The South Merlin Way Whittington Lichfield Staffordshire. Lichfield has handled 492 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lichfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Whittington conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Whittington And Streethay.

83% of all applications at Lichfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Trees Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Whittington And Fisherwick

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 July 2022
Consultation expiry: 21 July 2022
Consultation start: 7 July 2022
Consultation end: 21 July 2022
Last date for comments: 21 July 2022
Target decision date: 18 August 2022
Permission expires: 11 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Tonks Brothers Tree Services 12 Farewell Lane Burntwood WS7 9DP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 2
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Whittington
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, 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.

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© 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.

Source: Lichfield

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