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4 St Lukes Road, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7PU

TWC/2021/0290Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 April 2021

Council decision: Trees in Conservation Area GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Felling of 1no. Ash tree (T1)

Received
17 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ironbridge Gorge
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 St Lukes Road, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7PU. Telford has handled 541 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Telford's typical decision time. The site is in the Severn Gorge conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Ironbridge Gorge. We hold 1,766 applications in total for the TF8 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Telford and Wrekin Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TF8 7PU
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Gorge

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2021
Consultation expiry
23 April 2021
Consultation end
23 April 2021
Application expires
27 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Watchoak Tree Care,
Agent address
Garden Cottage Leighton Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 6RN,

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
9454074
Documents
5

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: Severn Gorge
  • World Heritage Site: Ironbridge Gorge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    17 Mar

    Felling of 1no. Ash tree

    PendingPlanning Portal Default Application TypeFiled alongsideTA/2021/0450
  2. 2021
    17 Mar

    Felling of 1no. Ash tree (T1)

    This applicationApprovedTreesTWC/2021/0290

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2010
    17 Mar

    Replacement windows and doors (Retrospective application)

    ApprovedFull PlanningTWC/2010/0062

Source: Telford

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