Blackboy House Castle Street Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 2HP
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Walnut (A) - Thin / remove 50% of regrowth at previous pollard points, removing approximately 1.5/2m, with a crown reduction of 1m. Walnut (B) - Reduce crown by 1.5m and thin. Crab Apple 2no (C) - Orchard-style prune with a reduction in height and width to old pruning points (approximately 1m) and thin. Fig 3no, Quince, Magnolia (D) - Figs - reduce to old pruning points (approximately 1.5m). Quince - remove. Magnolia - remove. Mulberry (E) - re-reduce crown by approx. 1.5m in height and 1.5m radial spread (back to last reduction points). Silver Birch (F) - re-reduce crown by approx. 2.5m in height and 2m radial spread (back to last reduction points)
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stroud District Council
- Ward
- Stroud Trinity Ward
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Blackboy House Castle Street Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 2HP. Stroud has handled 1,025 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 5 weeks quicker than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Stroud Top of Town conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Stroud Trinity Ward. We hold 576 applications in total for the GL5 postcode area.
97% of trees applications at Stroud District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GL5 2HP
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stroud Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Stroud Teachers Centre Including Railings to YardOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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