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Poachers Cottage Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4UF

15/00128/TREEWork to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 March 2015

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conservation Area. Oak - remove 3 branches growing towards property

Received
12 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Poachers Cottage Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4UF. South Staffordshire has handled 654 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 437 applications in total for the WV4 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at South Staffordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WV4 4UF
Application type
Work to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
LOWER PENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2015
Target decision date
26 March 2015
Permission expires
30 March 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower Penn Conservation Area Management Plan
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Staffordshire

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