Benthall Edge SSSI
Approved on 3 December 2018
Council decision: Consent by Right - Trees
Proposal
Fell 1no Beech, 1no Thorn, 3no Ash & coppice growth area of Hazel, Ash & Elm within Severn Gorge Conservation Area
- Received
- 19 October 2018
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Much Wenlock
- ReceivedReceived19 Oct
- ValidatedValidated19 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 45 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Benthall Edge SSSI. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 days longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Severn Gorge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Much Wenlock.
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
- Application type
- Works to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barrow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 13 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 30 November 2018
- Permission expires
- 3 December 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 October 2018
- Site notice end
- 13 November 2018
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Severn Gorge
- SSSI: Tick Wood and Benthall Edge SSSI
- Ancient woodland: Benthall Edge Wood
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (18)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Shropshire
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