Churchfields House Upper Churchfields Cradley Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5LJ Data via plota.co.uk

P262120/K - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Ash, fell. Infected with Chalara, dieback of Ash. recent stem failure, cavities on main stem. Risk of further collapse. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
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Approved
26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 6

Malvern Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Cradley built-up area; Priority habitat 28 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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

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Important details

Council
Herefordshire
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
WR13 5LJ
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Bishops Frome & Cradley
Parish
Cradley
Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Decision
Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed
Decision date
26 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 37 days. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
113decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Comments by
11 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
21 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Herefordshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #250 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
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Herefordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #56 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #79 of 296
46%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #250 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #269 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
278 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
104 decided
1,406
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings