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St Philip And St James Church Church Lane Whittington Worcester WR5 2RQ

W/26/01497/CANTree works within a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Yew - reduce the branches by approx. 50 - 100 cm that are leading in a south easterly direction/Raise the crown to approx. 2 meters/Reduce any over-extended branches T2 - Yew -reduce the branches leading towards T1 to maintain a space between crown(s) T2 - Holly - Fell Holly next to Yew (Leave a 4' stump) Undertake tree works, as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information.

Received
29 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington Ward
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Philip And St James Church Church Lane Whittington Worcester WR5 2RQ. Wychavon has handled 616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wychavon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington Ward. We hold 515 applications in total for the WR5 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Wychavon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WR5 2RQ
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittington

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
95 Christine Avenue Rushwick Worcester WR2 5ST

Additional information

Documents
2

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: Wychavon

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