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Coalbrookdale And Ironbridge C Of E Primary School, Dale End, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DS

TWC/2025/0424Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 July 2025

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

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

Proposal

Removal of epicormic growth to 2no. Lime tree (T1, T11), crown lift by up to 3m to 1no. Holly tree (T3), 1no. Maple tree (T6), 1no. Hawthorn tree (T9), 1no. Beech tree (T13), crown lift by up to 3m and removal of epicormic growth to 2no. Lime trees (T12, T14 & T16), removal of laurel from 1no. cherry tree (T8), removal of hanging branches to 1no. Lime tree (T18), removal of 1no. branch to 1no. Sweet Chestnut tree (T21), felling of 2no. Sweet Chestnut trees (T25)

Received
29 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ironbridge Gorge
Agent
Cropper Grounds Maintenance Ltd,
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Coalbrookdale And Ironbridge C Of E Primary School, Dale End, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DS. Telford has handled 541 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Telford's typical decision time. The site is in the Severn Gorge conservation area. There have been 3 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 7DS
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Gorge

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
14 July 2025
Consultation end
14 July 2025
Application expires
30 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Coalbrookdale And Ironbridge C Of E Primary School
Agent
Cropper Grounds Maintenance Ltd,
Agent address
Galveston Grove Fenton Stoke on Trent ST4 3PE,

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
14056238
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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Severn Gorge
  • World Heritage Site: Ironbridge Gorge

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. 2025
    29 May

    Tree Works

    PendingTrees in Conservation AreaFiled alongsideTA/2025/0722
  2. 2025
    29 May

    Removal of epicormic growth to 2no. Lime tree (T1, T11), crown lift by up to 3m to 1no. Holly tree (T3), 1no…

    This applicationApprovedTreesTWC/2025/0424

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