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Walnut Tree Cottage Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF

20/01092/TTREEWorks to trees TPOApproved

Approved on 11 March 2021

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order PO 16/1964: T3 (T1 on plan) Beech - crown reduce by up to 2.5m and install crobra bracing. T2 (T2 on plan) Beech - Crown lift to 3m and remove deadwood. And Section 211 Conservation Area Notification. T3 on plan Beech - Crown lift and cut back to provide 3m clearances over office and garage

Received
7 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Walnut Tree Cottage Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UF. South Staffordshire has handled 654 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Penn conservation area, with 1 listed building 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
Works to trees TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
LOWER PENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2020
Consultation expiry
5 January 2021
Consultation end
5 January 2021
Target decision date
16 February 2021
Permission expires
11 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Morfe Valley Arboriculture 8 Letchmere Lane Pattingham Wolverhampton WV6 7AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09322245
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
4

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Walnut Tree CottageOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/1964Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: South Staffordshire

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