Sycamore House Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01667/TCONR - Works to trees in conservation areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1. To reduce height by approx 10-15ft and thin out middle of Copper Beech. (T1) 2. To thin out middle of Lime Tree (T2) at rear of property to allow more light into back garden and to encourage oak tree to flourish Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG SKETCH PLAN Photograph · 29 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 29 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMONTAGES Photograph · 29 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Sycamore House
List entry 1089875 · The pin is inside its outline · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (9 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Cold Aston Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Building

Floor area465 m² (5,005 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (36 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 15 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Postcode
GL54 3BJ
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Bourton Vale
Parish
Cold Aston
Case officer
Show
Decision
No objection
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
953decided 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-14970760
Planning Portal ref
PP-14970760
Comments by
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
1. To fell to ground level and remove small Beech tree 2. To crown lift and thin out larg…
25/02987/TCONR
2025 Approved
1. To fell to ground level and remove small Beech tree 2. To crown lift and thin out larg…
25/02987/TCONR
2024 Approved
1. To crown raise and thin out/ reduce Weeping Beech (G1) by approx. 20% and Crown lift a…
24/02595/TCONR
2023 Approved
1. To reduce by approx 30-40% and reshape Cherry on side of road (T7) it is overhanging t…
23/03374/TCONR
2023 Approved
1. To reduce by approx 30-40% and reshape Cherry on side of road (T7) it is overhanging t…
23/03374/TCONR
2023 Approved
1. To thin out and crown raise 2 x Beech + 1 Copper Beech (T1+T2+T3) they are overhanging…
23/02720/TCONR
2023 Approved
1. To thin out and crown raise 2 x Beech + 1 Copper Beech (T1+T2+T3) they are overhanging…
23/02720/TCONR
2021 Approved
Compliance with condition 4 (Sample Panel) of application 20/01561/FUL- Erection of a gla…
21/00475/COMPLY
2021 Approved
Compliance with condition 4 (Sample Panel) of application 20/01561/FUL- Erection of a gla…
21/00475/COMPLY
2020 Approved
Erection of a glasshouse in rear garden to replace existing greenhouse
20/01561/FUL
2020 Approved
Erection of a glasshouse in rear garden to replace existing greenhouse
20/01561/FUL
2018 Approved
Removal and alteration of existing window to barn and formation of new door onto terrace
18/03941/LBC
2018 Approved
Removal and alteration of existing window to barn and formation of new door onto terrace
18/03941/LBC
2018 Approved
T.1 - Walnut - take out; T.2 - Left Field Maple - take out; T.3 - Beech tree by tennis co…
18/03752/TCONR
2018 Approved
T.1 - Walnut - take out; T.2 - Left Field Maple - take out; T.3 - Beech tree by tennis co…
18/03752/TCONR
2018 Approved
Creation of an opening in the rear wall of the pantry
18/02681/LBC
2018 Approved
Creation of an opening in the rear wall of the pantry
18/02681/LBC
2018 Approved
T1 - Magnolia - take out
18/00381/TCONR
2018 Approved
T1 - Magnolia - take out
18/00381/TCONR
2017 Withdrawn
Alterations and additions - see Design and Access Statement
17/00173/LBC
2017 Withdrawn
Alterations and additions - see Design and Access Statement
17/00173/LBC
2017 Approved
2 x Cherry trees - fell
17/00280/TCONR
2017 Approved
2 x Cherry trees - fell
17/00280/TCONR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
The Garden House Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
The Garden House Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
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25/01239/TCONR
2024 Approved
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T.1 - Chinese Ash - reduce crown by 1m and shape lateral growth to balance T.2 and T.3…
24/03353/TCONR
2024 Approved
Medlar Bank Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
1. To reduce in height, 3 x small Cherry Trees by approx 5-7ft (G1) at rear of property a…
24/02759/TCONR
2024 Approved
Elm Barn Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T.1 - Sycamore along roadside verge overhanging driveway - Raise crown by removing 8 lowe…
24/02728/TCONR
2024 Approved
Elm Barn Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
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2024 Approved
No 1 Northleach Road Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T.1 - Lawson Cypress in rear garden - remove to ground level
24/01079/TCONR
2023 Approved
Blacksmiths Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
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23/02940/TCONR
2023 Approved
Blacksmiths Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
1. G1 Beech sp. : Reduction pruning and crown raising of branches encroaching into neighb…
23/02293/TCONR
2022 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
1 x Eucalyptus - pollard.
22/00861/TCONR
2022 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
1 x Eucalyptus - pollard.
22/00861/TCONR
2021 Approved
Grove Farm House Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T1, T2 - Willow - Pollard at 8-10m - Both trees have had branches fail recently. T1 hinde…
21/03405/TCONR
2021 Approved
Grove Farm House Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T1, T2 - Willow - Pollard at 8-10m - Both trees have had branches fail recently. T1 hinde…
21/03405/TCONR
2021 Approved
Springfield House The Green Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
Cedar. crown reduction
21/01914/TCONR
2018 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
Erection of single-storey side extension and replacement dormer windows to existing outbu…
18/01184/FUL
2018 Approved
Blacksmiths Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T.1 - Cotoneaster - crown Reduce the height and spread of the tree by up to 2 metres and…
18/00712/TCONR
2018 Approved
Blacksmiths Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
T.1 - Cotoneaster - crown Reduce the height and spread of the tree by up to 2 metres and…
18/00712/TCONR
2016 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
Trees T1 and T2 - Fell two large mature Leylandii Cypress
16/02924/TCONR
2016 Approved
Redmans Farm Aston Grove Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
Trees T1 and T2 - Fell two large mature Leylandii Cypress
16/02924/TCONR
Cotswold
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#218 of 296 councils
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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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.