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Woodland adjacent Telecommunications Mast, Ironbridge Road, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire

TWC/2022/0257Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2022

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

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

Proposal

Felling of 5no. Common Ash trees (1), (36), (83), (101) and (103), 1no. Hawthorn tree (4) and 1no. Sycamore tree (78). Removal of 1no. fallen Common Ash tree (55) and removal of dead and diseased wood from 1no. Common Ash tree (90). Sever ivy up to 1.5m above ground level to 6no. Common Ash trees (9), (11), (32), (92), (95) and (98), 2no. Crack Willow trees (10) and (42), 3no. Silver Birch trees (33), (91) and (93), 1no. Goat Willow tree (37), 1no. English Elm tree (94) and 5no. Sycamore trees (84) (86), (97), (99) and (104)

Received
22 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ironbridge Gorge
Agent
Gristwood and Toms Limited,
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Woodland adjacent Telecommunications Mast, Ironbridge Road, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire. Telford has handled 541 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Telford's typical decision time. The site is in the Severn Gorge conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 7NB
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Gorge

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2022
Consultation expiry
20 April 2022
Consultation end
20 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Gristwood and Toms Limited,
Agent address
Unit 12 The Beacon Solar Way Solstice Park Amesbury SP4 7SZ,

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
11139332
Documents
6

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.

Source: Telford

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