The Mill House 30 Old Road North Kempsey WR5 3JZ Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/01577/CAN - Tree works within a conservation area Pending Decision

Proposal

Tree 1 - Yellow Dot - English Oak Quercus Robur. To be felled to ground level Tree 2 - Red Dot - Lime Tilia x Europaea. Lime tree to have 10m reduction in height and lateral limbs to be reduced by 3-4m to leave suitable looking canopy. Tree 3 - Green Dot - Hornbeam Carpinus Betulus. Reduce lateral limbs over roadside by 2-3m Tree 4 - Blue Dot - Variegated Sycamore Acer Pseudoplatanus. Removal. Tree 5 - Purple Dot - Sycamore Acer Pseudoplatanus. Remove single stemmed sycamore to ground level Tree 6 - White Dot - Lime Tilia x Europaea. To reduce tree by 5m Tree 7 - Black Dot - Wych Elm Ulmus Glabra. Remove tree Tree 8 - Turquoise Dot - Western Red Cedar Thuja Plicata. Fell to ground level Tree 9 - Orange Dot - Hornbeam Carpinus Betulus. Deadwood removed over carriage way. Tree 10 - Grey Dot - Oak Quercus. Oak tree to be replaced with 2-3m standard in close proximity to where tree is felled. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 3 Nov 2026, from Malvern Hills's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 2 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 5

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Manor House, Grade II, about 2 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Historic England ↗
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
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Kempsey built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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.

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Important details

Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Postcode
WR5 3JZ
Received
15 Oct 2026
Validated
15 Oct 2026
Ward
Kempsey Ward
Parish
Kempsey CP
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Miller-Tree

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Malvern Hills usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 18.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
244decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Oct 2026
Comments by
2 Nov 2026
Malvern Hills
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#120 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Malvern Hills is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #45 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) 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
Malvern Hills decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #251 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #232 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #45 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #121 of 296
57%
Minor dwellings approved
148 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
744
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026