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The Retreat Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HW

26/00181/CANTree works within a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1, Willow tree - Fell tree

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Battenhall Ward
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Retreat Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HW. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Battenhall Villas conservation area. 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 2HW
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 8A Peachley court farm business park lower broadheath worcester WR2 6QR

Planning decision

Case officer
Alvan Kingston

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: Battenhall Villas
  • 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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