Springwood Woodland Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EX

25/01360/PWCWorks to trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 17 September 2025

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Tree 1, Ornamental Red Plum. Mature, approx' 3m in height. Top 2/3rds tree historically failed leaving main stem at pruning wound 1m from ground level. Remaining crown sprawling and poor. Sectional fell to ground level. Tree 2, Crab Apple. Mature, approx 8m in height. Leading branch has top 1.5m dying back with no leaf. The owner had block paving installed in 2017, in 2024 sections under the tree were re laid due to root lifting of paving. Sectional fell to ground level. Tree 3, Silver Birch. Early mature, approx 12m in height. North facing aspect of tree has some exposed root system, the owner has viewed the tree moving violently in windy conditions and has concerns that the tree would fail and fall onto the Childrens play area adjacent. Sectional fell to ground level. The owner has expressed a wish to plant replacement trees in the area 'a' on plot.

Received: 22 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Nottingham City Council
Ward: Mapperley (May 2019)
Agent: Bramhill Tree Services

ReceivedReceived22 Jul
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Sep
DecidedDecided17 Sep

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Springwood Woodland Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5EX. Nottingham has handled 475 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Mapperley Park and Alexandra Park conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Mapperley (May 2019). We hold 498 applications in total for the NG3 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Nottingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: NG3 5EX
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2025
Target decision date: 2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bramhill Tree Services
Agent address: 10 Devonshire Road Carrington Nottingham NG5 2EW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14195210
Documents: 2
Constraints: 7

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: Mapperley Park and Alexandra Park
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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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Nottingham

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