37 Elm Green Close Worcester WR5 3HD

25/00617/CANTree works within a conservation areaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 14 August 2025

Council decision: Withdrawn/ClosedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

C1 Cypress - Reduce height of tree to that of existing hedgerow. Appears to be the end tree of a previously planted hedgerow. C2 Holly - Fell to ground level. Tree appears to be self-seeded. C3 Maple - Fell to ground level. Tree appears to be self-seeded.

Received: 11 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Worcester City Council
Ward: Battenhall Ward

ReceivedReceived11 Jul
ValidatedValidated11 Jul
Consult.Consultation12 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 Elm Green Close Worcester WR5 3HD. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 34 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Battenhall Ward. We hold 513 applications in total for the WR5 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: WR5 3HD
Application type: Tree works within a conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 August 2025
Consultation end: 12 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 9 Bullfinch Close Worcester WR5 3SL

Additional information

Documents: 2

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.

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Source: Worcester

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