Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 5RZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00892/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Awaiting decision

Proposal

Works to multiple trees around Tewkesbury Abbey as per submitted report by BJ Unwin Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
16 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Dec 2026, from Tewkesbury's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 9

Scheduled monument: Site of St Mary's Abbey
Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Grade I listed: Abbey Church of St Mary
List entry 1201159 · The pin is inside its outline · 84 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 73 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.
Show the other 84 with distances
Historic England ↗
Tewkesbury 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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
SSSI 205 m away: Severn Ham, Tewkesbury SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Registered battlefield 171 m away: Battle of Tewkesbury 1471; Inside the Tewkesbury built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 20 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.

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Important details

Council
Tewkesbury
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
GL20 5RZ
Received
16 Oct 2026
Validated
16 Oct 2026
Ward
Tewkesbury Town South
Parish
Tewkesbury Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Matt Hale Tree Surgery Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 12 of the 56-day target. Tewkesbury usually decides listed building works by day 55.

Day 1244 days to the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
58decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Tewkesbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Tewkesbury decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15301293
Planning Portal ref
PP-15301293
Consultation
20 Oct 2026
Comments by
10 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
20 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tewkesbury
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#212 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tewkesbury ranks #197 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tewkesbury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #144 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #139 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #197 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #228 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
89 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
37 decided
689
Total decisions
74 refused in the year to March 2026