Gorswen 87 Sandford Avenue Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 7AB
Approved on 21 March 2024
Council decision: Consent by Right - Trees
Proposal
Fell 1no Ash (T2) & remove overhanging limbs of 1no Ash (T3) within Church Stretton Conservation Area
- Received
- 20 February 2024
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Ward
- Church Stretton And Craven Arms
- Agent
- Benbow Brothers Timber Limited
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Mar
Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Gorswen 87 Sandford Avenue Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 7AB. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Shropshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Stretton conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 771 applications in total for the SY6 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
- SY6 7AB
- Application type
- Works to Trees - Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Church Stretton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 20 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 20 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 21 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Benbow Brothers Timber Limited
- Agent address
- The Lodge Lee Brockhurst Shrewsbury SY4 5SA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 February 2024
- Site notice end
- 14 March 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12813885
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Church Stretton
- National Landscape (AONB): Shropshire Hills
- 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 (20)
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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20206 Nov
Works to pollard 1No Sorbus (Rowan) Tree and coppice 1No Beech Tree within Church Stretton Conservation Area
ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area20/04155/TCA - 201912 Nov
To fell 1no Sorbus (diseased) wtihin Church Stretton Conservation Area.
ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area19/04968/TCA - 20158 Oct
To fell 1 x Pear tree within Church Stretton Conservation Area
ApprovedWorks to Trees - Conservation Area15/04368/TCA
Source: Shropshire
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