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Civic Centre Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA

23/00591/TREEWork to Trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 September 2023

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Wombourne Conservation Area: Chamaecyparis spp. (Lawson Cypress) - reduce height to 10 metres. Juglans spp. (Walnut) - establish up to 2 metres clearance from BT line. Quercus spp. (Oak) - re-cut old pruning points to BS3998 standard. T137, Prunus spp. (Purple Leaf Plum) - establish up to 1.5 metres clearance from building, crown raise to 6 metres over the road and 3 metres over grass. Aesculus spp. (Horse Chestnut) - establish up to 0.5 metres clearance from BT line. Acacia spp. (Acacia) - crown lift to 4 metres over footpath and clear signage by up to 0.5 metres. Acer spp. (Sycamore) - crown lift to 3 metres. T142, Prunus spp. (Purple Leaf Plum) - crown lift to 5 metres over the highway and 1.5 metres over footpath/grass.

Received
18 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wombourne North
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Civic Centre Gravel Hill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HA. South Staffordshire has handled 654 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wombourne conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Wombourne North. We hold 500 applications in total for the WV5 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
WV5 9HA
Application type
Work to Trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
WOMBOURNE

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2023
Consultation expiry
7 August 2023
Consultation start
7 August 2023
Consultation end
7 August 2023
Last date for comments
7 August 2023
Target decision date
29 August 2023
Permission expires
26 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wombourne Conservation Area Management Plan
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6, Gravel HillOn or next to this site
  • Local nature reserve: Wom Brook WalkPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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: South Staffordshire

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