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Leasowes Recreation Ground Ford Shrewsbury Shropshire

22/05453/TCAWorks to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 January 2023

Council decision: Consent by Right - TreesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To fell 1no. Holly (H1), to pollard to stump level 1 group of Willows (W1), to reduce in height to 8-10ft 1no. Italian Poplar (P1) and to lightly prune lowest branches of 1no. Oak (O1) within Ford Conservation Area (Amended 09.12.2022)

Received
5 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Longden
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Leasowes Recreation Ground Ford Shrewsbury Shropshire. 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 Ford conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Longden.

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
Ford

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2022
Consultation expiry
27 December 2022
Consultation end
26 December 2022
Target decision date
16 January 2023
Permission expires
12 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 December 2022
Site notice end
27 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11737851
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ford

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.

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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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    3 Jul

    Pollard 3no. Willow trees (located at 8014/8015

    PendingWorks to Trees - Conservation Area24/02539/TCA
  2. 2023
    13 Dec

    Fell 1no Hawthorn protected by the Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council (Bank Farm, Ford) Tree Preservation…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees TPO23/05432/TPO
  3. 2023
    13 Dec

    Pollard to ground level 1no Poplar & fell 1no Hazel within Ford Conservation Area

    ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area23/05361/TCA
  4. 2020
    29 Aug

    Fell to fence/hedge height 1no Ash (T5), fell to near ground level 1no Sycamore (T7), reduce by 4-5 metres…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area20/03418/TCA
  5. 2020
    15 Jan

    Remove lowest whorl of branches and planting guard from 1no Oak, fell 1no Hawthorn, reduce height by 50% and…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area20/00106/TCA
  6. 2017
    2 Oct

    Notification of tree works to include: pollarding of four Crack Willow trees; removal of planting guard…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area17/04785/TCA

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