Post Office Westbury Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 9QX
Approved on 21 July 2020
Council decision: Consent by Right - TreesDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
To crown reduce to approx 25ft after - 40% 1no Silver Birch (A) and 1no Copper Beech (B) to allow light to both properties within Westbury Conservation Area.
- Received
- 9 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Loton
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jun
- Consult.Consultation30 Jun
- TargetTarget Date21 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Post Office Westbury Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 9QX. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. The site is in the Westbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Loton. We hold 1,328 applications in total for the SY5 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
- SY5 9QX
- Application type
- Works to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 30 June 2020
- Consultation end
- 30 June 2020
- Target decision date
- 21 July 2020
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 June 2020
- Site notice end
- 30 June 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08711060
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Westbury
- 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 (21)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202413 Sep
Crown reduce by 25% and thin by 10% 1no Silver Birch & crown reduce and thin by 20% 1no Copper Beech within…
PendingWorks to Trees - Conservation Area24/03624/TCA - 20198 Oct
Change of use from Post Office (A1) to residential (C3)
ApprovedFull Planning Application19/04403/FUL - 20122 Aug
Crown reduce 1no Silver Birch, 1no Copper Beech and 1no Scots Pine to 6 metres and fell 1no Conifer Tree…
ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area12/03274/TCA - 200412 Nov
Erection of a single storey, timber framed building for use as letter sorting facility
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationSA/04/1361/F
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