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St Wulstans Athelstan Road Worcester WR5 2BW

26/00850/CANTree works within a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 22 October 2026

Council decision: Approval

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

Proposal

RED DOT/TREE 1 - London plane (Platanus x hispanica) - 2m overall reduction and sever ivy GREEN DOT/TREE 4 - Yew tree (Taxus baccata) - Fell to ground level and grind stump

Received
21 September 2026
Ward
Battenhall Ward
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application at St Wulstans Athelstan Road Worcester WR5 2BW. Worcester has handled 25 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

100% of tree works within a conservation area 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 2BW
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Alvan Kingston

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Sep

    BLUE DOT/TREE 2 - Yew tree (Taxus baccata) - Reduce by 2-3m overall to previous reduction points, Reduction…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/00844/TPOA
  2. 2026
    22 Sep

    RED DOT/TREE 1 - London plane (Platanus x hispanica) - 2m overall reduction and sever ivy GREEN DOT/TREE 4…

    This applicationApprovedTree works within a conservation area26/00850/CAN

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Aug

    T1 Sycamore - Fell remaining trunk

    ApprovedTrees26/00722/TPOA

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