Land Adjacent 16 Kixley Lane Knowle Solihull B93 0JG Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/01388/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

T4204 (T5) Oak tree 19m x 20m - Crown clean & head back limbs over Kixley Lane <5 metres. T4206 (T6) Horse chestnut tree, 18m x 16m - 5m crown lift over Kixley Lane. T4207 (T7) Ash tree 18m x 14m - Fell. T4208 (T8) Ash tree 18m x 12m - Fell. T4209 (T9) Horse chestnut tree 18m x 18m - 5m crown lift over Kixley Lane. T4210 (T10) Oak tree 19m x 20m - 4m crown reduction over Kixley Lane (clean off major deadwood). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Consultation
27 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 1
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
Solihull
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
B93 0JG
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Knowle
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 30 days faster than Solihull's median of 58 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
140decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15108115
Planning Portal ref
PP-15108115
Neighbours
28 Jul 2026
Consultation
27 Jul 2026
Comments by
25 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
3 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Solihull
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#141 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Solihull ranks #148 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Solihull decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #44 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #116 of 296
65%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #148 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #160 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
53 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,118
Total decisions
71 refused in the year to March 2026