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25/01002/TPOA - Tree preservation order application (works to) Approved

Proposal

T15 Small leaf lime (Tilia cordata): Remove epicormic growths T16 Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca): Remove 5 No lower dead branches T25 Wild Cherry (Prunus avium): Sever and remove ivy to 2 m in height; Raise low canopy to 3.0m T26 Wild Cherry (Prunus avium): Raise low canopy to 3.0m; Prune away from building by 3m T35 Common Lime: Remove epicormic from base, crown lift over WEST foot path to 2.5m; Crown clean 5% thin removing defective material T36 Common Lime: Crown clean 5% removing all defective material T44 Corsican pine: Remove hanging branch T52 Corsican pine: Reduce the less sufficient of competing stems by 1 m T57 Corsican pine: Clear dense vegetation at base to facilitate inspection T58 Corsican pine: Clear dense vegetation at base to facilitate inspection T60Corsican pine: Remove tree to habitat post at 4 M T75 Common Lime: Lift branched/vegetation over public foot path along B4636 to 2.5M (Obstruction) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Nov 2025
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Validated
10 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
10 Dec 2025
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Appeal allowed
7 May 2026

Approved on 10 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Worcester City (Political Boundary)
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Local nature reserve about 92 m away: Nunnery Wood
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
Inside the Worcester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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 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
Worcester
Application type
Tree preservation order application (works to)
Postcode
WR5 1JG
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
10 Nov 2025
Ward
Leopard Hill Ward
Parish
Worcester City
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
10 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 7 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005052 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Acorn environmental management group

How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 6 days faster than Worcester's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
139decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Nov 2025
Comments by
1 Dec 2025
Worcester
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#117 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Worcester is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #73 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) 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
Worcester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #214 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #185 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #73 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #137 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
41 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
41 decided
427
Total decisions
62 refused in the year to March 2026