Land At OS 9124 4528 Lower Drive Besford Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/00614/TPOA - Tree preservation order application (works to) Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1x Lime, reduce crown by up to 40% including removing deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Apr 2026
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Validated
20 Apr 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Wychavon
Application type
Tree preservation order application (works to)
Postcode
WR8 9AH
Received
19 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Eckington Ward
Parish
Besford
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Besford Court Management Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 15 days from validation, 16 days faster than Wychavon's median of 31 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
192decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wychavon in the last twelve months, from validation. Wychavon decision record →

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
4 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information.
W/25/01299/TPOA
2025 Approved
4 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information.
W/25/01299/TPOA
2024 Approved
14 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Proposed single storey rear extension
W/24/01478/HP
2024 Approved
14 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Proposed single storey rear extension
W/24/01478/HP
2023 Approved
Wickford House 24 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Erection of single storey rear extension
W/23/02180/HP
2023 Approved
Wickford House 24 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Erection of single storey rear extension
W/23/02180/HP
2023 Approved
21 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Proposed rear extension
W/23/00971/HP
2023 Approved
21 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Proposed rear extension
W/23/00971/HP
2022 Approved
9 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in accompanying information.
W/22/01151/TPOA
2022 Approved
9 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in accompanying information.
W/22/01151/TPOA
2022 Decided
9 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in accompanying information.
W/22/00940/TPOA
2022 Decided
9 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in accompanying information.
W/22/00940/TPOA
2022 Approved
16 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works, as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information
W/22/00152/TPOA
2022 Approved
16 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Undertake tree works, as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information
W/22/00152/TPOA
2021 Approved
27 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Retrospective application for single storey rear extension
21/01750/HP
2021 Approved
27 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Retrospective application for single storey rear extension
21/01750/HP
2021 Approved
29 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
2 storey side extension
21/00402/HP
2021 Approved
29 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
2 storey side extension
21/00402/HP
2020 Approved
7 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Replacement conservatory. Install bifold doors to the lounge
20/02327/HP
2020 Approved
7 Lower Drive Besford Worcester WR8 9AH
Replacement conservatory. Install bifold doors to the lounge
20/02327/HP
2018 Approved
31 Lower Drive Besford WR8 9AH
Crab Apple T1 (located in front garden): Crown reduce and re-shape canopy Apple tree T2 (…
18/02295/TPOA
2016 Approved
2 Lower Drive, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AH
Erect a two storey rear extension
W/16/02870/PP
2016 Approved
2 Lower Drive, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AH
Erect a two storey rear extension
W/16/02870/PP
2016 Approved
18 Lower Drive, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AH
Single storey rear extension
W/16/01025/PP
2016 Approved
18 Lower Drive, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AH
Single storey rear extension
W/16/01025/PP
Wychavon
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#86 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wychavon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #19 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Wychavon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #202 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #186 of 296
88%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #19 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #117 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
98%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
54 decided
1,082
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings