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48 Shakespeare Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4FQ

26/00251/PWCWorks to trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 2 March 2026

Council decision: No objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

I would like to pollard the row of x8 Lime trees which are to the side of University Hall, on Shakespeare Villas. When NTU purchased the property, the lime trees were already pollarded, and so we would like to keep them maintained this way, as we believe this is best practice.

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
Hyson Green And Arboretum (May 2019)
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 48 Shakespeare Street Nottingham Nottingham City NG1 4FQ. Nottingham has handled 475 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Nottingham's typical decision time. The site is in the Arboretum conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Hyson Green And Arboretum (May 2019). We hold 389 applications in total for the NG1 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
NG1 4FQ
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14709082
Documents
4
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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