Flaxford Julian Road Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1HA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02039/TCA - Works to Trees - Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Reduce height to previous pruning points (reduction estimate from approx. 20 ft to 8 ft) of 2o. Beeches within Ludlow (Gravel Hill) Conservation Area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Jun 2026
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Consultation
2 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Jul 2026

Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Ludlow Gravel Hill 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 172 m away: St Julian's Well: a holy well in the middle of Livesey Road, 155m south west of the junction with Sandpits Road; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Ludlow built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £490,000 in November 2020. Detached house, freehold.

20 November 2020£490,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Shropshire
Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Area
Postcode
SY8 1HA
Received
1 Jun 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Ward
Ludlow East
Parish
Ludlow Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Consent by Right - Trees
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
392decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14974220
Planning Portal ref
PP-14974220
Comments by
16 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
2 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Shropshire
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#53 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Shropshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #53 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Shropshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #179 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #136 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #53 of 296
29%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #50 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
350 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
35 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
27 decided
2,083
Total decisions
273 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.