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The Haven Bridge Road Benthall Broseley Telford Shropshire TF8 7JT

23/04864/TPOWorks to Trees TPOApproved

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To shorten lateral growth on lowest 4no. limbs (East side) by 4metres (as per photo) of 1no. Oak (T1) and to fell 1no. Ash (T2) protected by The Bridgnorth District Council (Benthall) TPO 1982 (Ref. BR/TPO/47)

Received
13 November 2023
Public comments
2
Ward
Much Wenlock
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Haven Bridge Road Benthall Broseley Telford Shropshire TF8 7JT. 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 Severn Gorge conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Much Wenlock. We hold 1,767 applications in total for the TF8 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
TF8 7JT
Application type
Works to Trees TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barrow

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2023
Consultation expiry
8 December 2023
Consultation end
7 December 2023
Target decision date
8 January 2024
Permission expires
21 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watchoak Tree Care
Agent address
Garden Cottage Leighton Shrewsbury SY5 6RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 November 2023
Site notice end
8 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12591007
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Severn Gorge+1 more
  • World Heritage Site: Ironbridge Gorge
  • SSSI: Tick Wood and Benthall Edge SSSIPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Benthall Edge WoodPart of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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