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The Birches The Copse Shepherds Lane Bicton Heath Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 5FR

24/02790/TPOWorks to Trees TPOApproved

Approved on 4 September 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduce by approx. 1/3rd 1no Sycamore & remove large limb over house and small lower limb off neighbour's property of 1no Ash protected by the Shropshire Council (Land at the rear of The Orchards, Shepherds Lane, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury) TPO 2014 (Ref: SC/00210/14)

Received
19 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bowbrook
Agent
Wood Matters Ltd
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Birches The Copse Shepherds Lane Bicton Heath Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 5FR. Shropshire has handled 2,370 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 5 days longer than Shropshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5FR
Application type
Works to Trees TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shrewsbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2024
Consultation expiry
10 August 2024
Target decision date
13 September 2024
Permission expires
4 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wood Matters Ltd
Agent address
Fairview Chapel Lane Bentlawnt Shrewsbury SY5 0ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 July 2024
Site notice end
10 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13257179
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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