Priorsgate 100 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL

PL/2023/00909/TPOTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 20 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Fell trees 1-16 (T1-T16) to reinstate lawn area and replant 25 new trees across rear woodland from line on site plan 1 after T16. Fell: T1. Liquid amber T2. Himalayan birch T3. H, Birch T4. Birch T5. Silver birch T6. Oak T7. Oak T8. Silver birch T9. Silver birch T10. Rowan T11. Rowan T12. Oak T13. Oak. T14 Silver birch. T15 Silver birch T16. Oak. Deadwood all remaining trees on site.

Received: 27 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Blythe

ReceivedReceived27 Apr
ValidatedValidated27 Apr
Consult.Consultation9 Jun
TargetTarget Date22 Jun
DecidedDecided20 Jul

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Priorsgate 100 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL. Solihull has handled 1,044 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Blythe. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the B90 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: B90 1QL
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Dickens Heath Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 April 2023
Consultation expiry: 9 June 2023
Consultation start: 17 May 2023
Consultation end: 9 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 17 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 9 June 2023
Last date for comments: 9 June 2023
Target decision date: 22 June 2023
Permission expires: 20 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Geo Tree
Agent address: MOTORHOUSE MIDDLETOWN STUDLEY B80 7PJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12122217
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Ancient woodland
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 (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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, 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.

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