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Castle House Castle Square Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1AY

20/03593/TCAWorks to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 October 2020

Council decision: Consent by Right - Trees

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To reduce 1no Yew tree within Ludlow Castle grounds. The reduction to be made in stages to prevent excessive shock and encourage new growth over time to help with topiary measures. The first stage would be to reduce the overall height and circumference by about 1/3 and over time pollard and reduce to approx 50% of the current height.

Received
8 September 2020
Public comments
2
Ward
Ludlow North
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Castle House Castle Square Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1AY. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ludlow conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Ludlow North. We hold 2,989 applications in total for the SY8 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
SY8 1AY
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ludlow Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2020
Consultation expiry
29 September 2020
Consultation end
29 September 2020
Target decision date
20 October 2020
Permission expires
16 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 September 2020
Site notice end
29 September 2020

Additional information

Documents
1

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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.

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

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© 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.

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

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