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16 Fountain Place Worcester WR1 3HW

25/00871/TPOATree preservation order application (works to)Approved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

T1 – Red Oak situated in the centre of a group of three and overhanging the rear of Number 16 Fountain Place. Large limb extending over annexe and patio, reduce in length by 8 metres to a point 5 metres from main stem, retaining young growth. Large side stem extending over property, remove first large major side limb directly overhanging property to prevent encroachment. Remove one small recently pruned limb back to a suitable live point. Remove dead wood from remaining crown. Reason - encroachment. Dead wood overhanging road.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arboretum Ward
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Fountain Place Worcester WR1 3HW. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in the St George's Square conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Arboretum Ward. We hold 206 applications in total for the WR1 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
WR1 3HW
Application type
Tree preservation order application (works to)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Consultation start
8 October 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ribston Lawn Much Marcle Ledbury HR8 2ND

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: St George's Square
  • 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 (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: Worcester

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