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Cripplegate Park New Road Worcester WR2 4QG

26/00057/CANTree works within a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lime - Clear lamp column to give 3m clearance. Weeping Willow - re-pollard Lime - remove epicormic growth at base, reduce over extended limb on east side of canopy by 4m. Wild Cherry - fell to ground level Norway Maple - fell to ground level

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Johns Ward
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cripplegate Park New Road Worcester WR2 4QG. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across St. Johns Ward. We hold 742 applications in total for the WR2 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
WR2 4QG
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
9

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Riverside

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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