Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Yew(T1)-crown lift branches over/near the temple up to 7-8m above ground-remove branches affecting Temple roof back to the main stem or reduce by between 50-75%,cut back major limb at a height of 6.5m above ground to approx 2m from the main stem. Yew(T2)-crown lift branches over/near Temple up to 7m above ground,cut back branches over 1-2" diameter to within 0.5-0.75m of main trunk to suitable growth points;remove 3 larger limbs,1 at 5.5-6m,1 at 6.5-7.5m and 1 at 4m;the lowest limb at 2-2.5m above ground,cut back to within 1-1.25m of the main trunk. Pine(T3), Ash(T4) -Remove. Wild Cherry(T5) -crown lift to 4-4.5m above ground-remove 2 opposing branches at 4-4.5m above ground back to main stem; remove low limb over Temple roof at 3.25m above ground back to main trunk,reduce branches at 6-6.5m above ground level and dropping towards Temple roof by 50% to suitable new growth points. Holly(T6) - approx 8m with a radial spread of 4m;reduce by 50% to leave a height of 3.5-4.0m with radial spread of 1.75-2.0m.Bay (T7)-8m high with radial spread of 6m,reduce by 50% to leave a height of 4m max & balance the radial spread,leaving a finished radial spread of 2-3m to balance.Yew(T8)-crown lift to 3m over the road and boundary wall,crown thin by 30-40%,removing/reducing the longest branches to reduce canopy by 1-1.5m laterally.Birch(T9)-Remove the single major low limb over the road.Yew(T10 and 11)-Remove. Holly(T12)-crown lift to 3m over road & boundary wall.Reduce largest,lowest branch,growing directly towards the road by 3m;reduce further branches over road by 0.5-2.0m to blend into the rest of canopy.Yew(T13)-Remove the largest limb over road & closest to the boundary wall,to crown lift to approx 3m over road,reduce the largest central leader back to 4m above the ground at the natural growth point to balance. Yew(T14)-Crown lift over road to approx 3m;crown thin by 50% near to streetlight to reduce the spread over the road by approx 2-3m & blend into the rest of tree canopy.
- Received
- 18 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stroud District Council
- Ward
- Berkeley Vale Ward
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN. Stroud has handled 1,025 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Berkeley conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Berkeley Vale Ward. We hold 141 applications in total for the GL13 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
- GL13 9BN
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Berkeley Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Englands's Finest Gardens 2 The Common Berkeley Heath Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9ER
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Francesca Ind
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Berkeley
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 May
Cypress tree - prune, lower branches to be removed at the trunk, upto 4m. Tamerisk tree - fell. Juniper tree…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaS.26/0800/TCA - 20265 Jan
Alterations to Temple of Vaccinia including repairs to masonry, plaster and joinery. Replacing top layer of…
ApprovedListed building consentS.26/0009/LBC - 20259 Dec
Silver birch tree - remove branch and prune it back to the main trunk.
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaS.25/2369/TCA - 20252 Dec
Yew tree to be pruned - canopy raised to just over 2m.
ApprovedApplicationS.25/2314/TCA - 202526 Sep
Holly tree and Wild cherry - prune two branches by 5m.
ApprovedApplicationS.25/1561/TCA - 20257 Jul
Cherry plum tree - cut branches off, leave standing the main trunk only. Multi stemmed cherry plum tree - cut…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaS.25/1290/TCA
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