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Forton Hall Meretown Lane Forton Newport Staffordshire TF10 8BY

26/42260/T5NTree Five Day NoticeAwaiting decision

Proposal

Forton and Meretown Conservation Area: Unidentified Species - Remove

Received
1 May 2026
Ward
Gnosall And Woodseaves
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Forton Hall Meretown Lane Forton Newport Staffordshire TF10 8BY. Stafford has handled 955 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Forton and Meretown conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Gnosall And Woodseaves. We hold 415 applications in total for the TF10 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
TF10 8BY
Application type
Tree Five Day Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Forton and Meretown
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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: Stafford

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