Kingswood Farm, Station Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6JF
Refused on 20 January 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
1 x Mature Oak - to be pollarded to 3m, leaving the two small live branches on the trunk
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Warwick District Council
- Ward
- Kenilworth Abbey and Arden
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation25 Dec
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Kingswood Farm, Station Lane, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6JF. Warwick has handled 510 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Warwick's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Kenilworth Abbey and Arden. We hold 1,035 applications in total for the B94 postcode area.
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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Why it was refused
- Insufficient supporting information has been provided to justify the severity of the proposed works. In the absence of an appropriate structural assessment and detailed supporting evidence, the proposal is not considered proportionate or justified for a veteran tree of high habitat value. Development Manager (Authorised Officer of the Council) NB. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THE NOTES ATTACHED (RIGHTS OF APPEAL, ETC).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- B94 6JF
- Application type
- TPO Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lapworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Douglas Hutsby Forestry
- Agent address
- Oakham Farm, Loxley, Warwick, CV35 9HY
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Planning Enforcement
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 25 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Warwick
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Warwick
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