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4 Spring Close Solihull B91 1RA

PL/2021/03126/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 February 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce conifer hedge (Marked Hedge 1 on map) to approximately 8-9 feet (2.43 - 2.74m) and trim face. Cut back/reshape neighbour's oak tree (Marked 2 on map) one side overhanging property boundary by 1-1.5m to clear building by 2m. Lift lower branches of neighbour's Scots pine tree (Marked 3 on map) to a height of approximately 6m, remove major deadwood and cut away from building by approximately 1-2m to clear building by 2m. Reduce conifer hedge (Marked Hedge 4 on map) in height all conifer trees running along the rear of the property by approximately 2-3m to form a hedge approximately 8-10 feet (2.43 - 3m) in height and trim face. Reduce eucalyptus tree (Marked 5 on map) in height and spread by approximately 1-2m and reshape.

Received
29 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Alphege
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Spring Close Solihull B91 1RA. Solihull has handled 1,044 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across St Alphege. We hold 1,400 applications in total for the B91 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B91 1RA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2021
Consultation expiry
11 January 2022
Consultation start
13 December 2021
Consultation end
11 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2022
Last date for comments
11 January 2022
Target decision date
7 February 2022
Permission expires
4 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10394352
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and 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.

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: Solihull

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