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Abbey Gardens English Bridge Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6AA

12/01537/TCAWorks to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 May 2012

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

To fell and ground out the roots of a row of cuppressocyparis leylandii trees adjacent to the north boundary wall within Shrewsbury Conservation Area

Received
11 April 2012
Public comments
1
Ward
Abbey
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Abbey Gardens English Bridge Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6AA. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Abbey. We hold 554 applications in total for the SY2 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Shropshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SY2 6AA
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2012
Consultation expiry
15 May 2012
Target decision date
23 May 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St. Mary's Hall St. Mary's Court Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1EG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 April 2012
Site notice end
15 May 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01907996
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Shrewsbury

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Shropshire

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