17 Towneley Worcester WR4 0RH

26/00576/TPOATree preservation order application (works to)Approved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Oak - Prune the side of the crown overhanging the house and driveway by a maximum of 3 metres.

Received: 2 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Worcester City Council
Ward: Leopard Hill Ward

ReceivedReceived2 Jul
ValidatedValidated6 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 46 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Towneley Worcester WR4 0RH. Worcester has handled 216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 8 days longer than Worcester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Leopard Hill Ward. We hold 342 applications in total for the WR4 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: WR4 0RH
Application type: Tree preservation order application (works to)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Warndon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 17 Towneley Worcester WR4 0RH

Planning decision

Case officer: Alvan Kingston

Additional information

Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

Source: Worcester

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