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26/01293/TCONR - Works to trees in conservation areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - complete removal by sectional dismantling T2 Ash - complete removal by sectional dismantling T3 Maple - complete removal by sectional dismantling T4 Silver Birch - Crown Reduction Works ? Specification to include a height reduction of 3m and spread by 1m, cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth. Shape and balance. New shape indicated in red on image T5 Corsican Black Pine - Reduction of 0.75m, giving a minimum of 1m clearance away from building, cutting back to strong secondary growth. Shape and balance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Apr 2026
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Approved
14 May 2026

Approved on 14 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 14 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF SCREENING OPINION Screening Opinion · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Conservation area about 15 m away: Elkstone Conservation Area
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 1426 m away: A417 Missing Link; Priority habitat about 49 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Cotswold
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Postcode
GL53 9PB
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Ermin
Parish
Elkstone
Case officer
Show
Decision
No objection
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cheltenham Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 7 days faster than Cotswold's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
757decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14882166
Planning Portal ref
PP-14882166
Comments by
2 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

30 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
T1 Beech - Crown Reduction Works - height reduction of 1.5m and spread by 1m, cutting bac…
24/02372/TCONR
2018 Approved
T1 - Beech Tree: We wish to crown reduce by 20%
18/02510/TCONR
2018 Approved
T1 - Beech Tree: We wish to crown reduce by 20%
18/02510/TCONR
2017 Approved
T.1 - Potuguese Laurel - remove
17/03185/TCONR
2017 Approved
T.1 - Potuguese Laurel - remove
17/03185/TCONR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
School House Hill View Elkstone CHELTENHAM Gloucestershire GL53 9PB
Larch - fell because it is moribund
21/02585/TCONR
2021 Approved
Springfield House Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PB
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21/01618/FUL
2021 Approved
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External changes including proposed entrance porch and 2 dormers above the garage rear el…
21/01618/FUL
2017 Approved
School House Hill View Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PB
T.1 - Elder - fell
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Cotswold
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#218 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Cotswold is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #219 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Cotswold decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #128 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #150 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #219 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #212 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
123 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,252
Total decisions
138 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings