Field Head Littleworth Amberley Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5AG

S.26/0487/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Silver Birch - reduce by 4m in height and 2/3m lateral to suitable growth points, and thin inner crown.

Received: 18 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Stroud District Council
Ward: Amberley & Woodchester Ward

ReceivedReceived18 Mar
ValidatedValidated18 Mar
Consult.Consultation15 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Field Head Littleworth Amberley Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5AG. Stroud has handled 1,025 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Amberley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Amberley & Woodchester 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 5AG
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Minchinhampton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 15 April 2026
Consultation end: 15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Francesca Ind

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Amberley
National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
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, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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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.

Source: Stroud

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