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Holmes Farm Cottage Ridding Bank Hanchurch Staffordshire ST4 8SD

25/41005/TCATree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 October 2025

Council decision: Approval CA

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hanchurch Conservation Area: Field Maple - 30% overall reduction. Work designed to maintain size and shape in relation to the location.

Received
12 August 2025
Ward
Swynnerton And Oulton
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holmes Farm Cottage Ridding Bank Hanchurch Staffordshire ST4 8SD. Stafford has handled 955 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 6 weeks quicker than Stafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Hanchurch conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Swynnerton And Oulton. We hold 404 applications in total for the ST4 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
ST4 8SD
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swynnerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2025
Permission expires
2 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr K Enoch 12 Delves Place Westlands ST5 3RP

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hanchurch
  • Green belt: Stafford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Stafford

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