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Elgar Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8HP

19/00785/TPOATree preservation order application (works to)Approved

Approved on 11 December 2019

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prune the following property items:- Alder Group (ID#G1) located outside KFC. Crown rise by 2m to clear sign and view of KFC. Alders, Ash & Cherrys group (ID~G2) located at the front of property. Crown rise by 3m to open view of site. Small Ash x3 plus 1 large group (ID#G3) located at the front of the property. London Plane x 2 group (ID#G4) located at the car park. Crown rise by 3m to clear road. Crown rise by 3m to clear path. Alder (ID#T5) located at the front of the property. Crown rise by 3m to clear path and shrubs. Ash (ID#T8) located at the back of the property entrance. Crwon rise by 2m to clear roof of shed. Maple x2 group (Id#G9) located at the right of loading bay entrance. Prune back to allow more light from street light into the area. London Plane x4 group (ID#G10) located in the car park. Prune Mixed trees group (ID#G6) located at the loading bay - G6 mixed trees cut back to fence and crown rise to just above top of security fence. G7 mixed trees cut back to fence as hard as possible and crown raise to 4m. Remove all resulting debris.

Received
8 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainbow Hill Ward pre 01/05/2024, Warndon Ward pre 01/05/2024
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 40 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elgar Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8HP. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 3 weeks longer than Worcester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 939 applications in total for the WR3 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Worcester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WR3 8HP
Application type
Tree preservation order application (works to)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2019
Consultation expiry
29 November 2019
Consultation start
8 November 2019
Consultation end
29 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fosse Cross Industrial Estate Fosse Cross Cheltenham GL54 4NW

Additional information

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 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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