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59, Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS4 2BX

21/1457Tree Application: Works to Protected Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 December 2021

Council decision: Tree: No Proposal for TPO

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

Proposal

T1 - Lime tree - in car park at rear of property - side prune to give a minimum 3m clearance from the building. T2 - Beech tree - Situated at front of property - Prune to give minimum 3m clearance from building and crown lift to give 5m clearance from ground

Received
30 September 2021
Ward
St Matthews
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 59, LICHFIELD STREET, WALSALL, WS4 2BX. Walsall has handled 363 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Walsall's typical decision time. The site is in the Arboretum conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Matthews. We hold 574 applications in total for the WS4 postcode area.

92% of trees applications at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WS4 2BX
Application type
Tree Application: Works to Protected Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
30 September 2021
Target decision date
10 November 2021
Decision issued
17 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tonks Brothers Tree Services, 12, Farewell Lane, Burntwood, WS7 9DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Appeal history

3282687
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 November 2021Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Arboretum
  • 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 (21)

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, 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: Walsall

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