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16 Melrose Avenue Western Downs Stafford ST17 9FY

21/34030/TWTTree Work in TPORefused

Refused on 5 August 2021

Council decision: Refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 437 2007: Oak (T3) - Fell to ground due to dieback and fungal bracket at base

Received
15 March 2021
Ward
Highfield And Western Downs
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 128 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Melrose Avenue Western Downs Stafford ST17 9FY. Stafford has handled 955 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 7 weeks longer than Stafford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Highfield And Western Downs. We hold 2,183 applications in total for the ST17 postcode area.

90% of trees applications at Stafford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ST17 9FY
Application type
Tree Work in TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stafford M B

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Maddin Close Coventry CV4 9GY

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    6 Jul

    T1 Oak- Remove deadwood reduce and reshape crown by 20%

    Split DecisionTree Work in TPO15/22571/TWT

Source: Stafford

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