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38 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BQ

26/00268/TPOATree preservation order application (works to)Approved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawson Cypress (T17) – Fell 2 x Lawson Cypress (T3 & T4) – Fell Purple-Leaved Plum (T2) – Reduce the southern side by half and shape the remaining crown.

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Battenhall Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BQ. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 4 days longer than Worcester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Battenhall Ward. We hold 514 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 2BQ
Application type
Tree preservation order application (works to)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
38 Battenhall Road Worcester WR52BQ

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.

  • 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.

Source: Worcester

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