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Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN

S.26/0291/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

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)
Ward
Berkeley Vale Ward
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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