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Grand Union Canal near Westbury Community Centre, Westlea Road and west of Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa

W/23/1374/TCATrees in CAApproved

Approved on 21 October 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Trees/scrubs (shown by orange lines x2 on location plan) - Reduce back by 1-2m away from the water to enable coir roll installation, improving biodiversity.

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grand Union Canal near Westbury Community Centre, Westlea Road and west of Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa. Warwick has handled 510 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Warwick's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Leamington Spa conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

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Application details

Application type
Trees in CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leamington Spa

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Consultation expiry
13 October 2023
Consultation start
22 September 2023
Consultation end
13 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2023
Last date for comments
31 October 2023
Target decision date
31 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 October 2023
Site notice end
13 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12469551
Documents
3

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: Royal Leamington Spa
  • 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: Warwick

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