4 Alma Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 8QL
Approved on 8 December 2023
Council decision: Consent by Right - Trees
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Proposal
Reduce in height by 2m and prune back overhanging branches by 1m of 1no Lawson Cypress within Shrewsbury Conservation Area
- Received
- 16 November 2023
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Porthill
- ReceivedReceived16 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Nov
- Consult.Consultation15 Dec
- TargetTarget Date28 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Alma Street Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 8QL. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Shrewsbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Porthill. We hold 1,165 applications in total for the SY3 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
- SY3 8QL
- Application type
- Works to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shrewsbury Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 15 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 15 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 28 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 8 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Sunnymead Astley Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 4BS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 9 December 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shrewsbury
- 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)
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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Source: Shropshire
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