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W/26/02476/CAN - Tree works within a conservation area Pending Decision

Proposal

T1 Larch Standing dead. Fell to as near ground level as possible. 2 Sorbus: Standing dead: Fell to as near ground level as possible. 3 Willow: Young tree leaning heavily and hitting streetlight. Also adjacent branch from further Willow encroaching on streetlight: Fell one stem and reduce remaining limb to give adequate clearance to streetlight. G4 Willow: Group of predominantly Willow. Crown lift trees to 6 m to give adequate clearance to gardens. 5 Willow Opposite garden of 21 Barnards Close. Raise crown to 6 m and cut back canopy interfering with BT infrastructure to give 2 m clearance. T1 - Dying Elderberry, reduce in height by approximately 2m maintaining some lower screening. T2 - Leaning Alder, reduce in height by 2m to a suitable live point to prevent collapse in the long-term management. Undertake tree works as detailed on application form and in any accompanying information. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Nov 2026 and 27 Nov 2026, from Wychavon's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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. A site survey can differ.
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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument about 135 m away: Evesham Abbey (remains of)
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area about 96 m away: Evesham; Flood defence about 39 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground).
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 24 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

Council
Wychavon
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Received
21 Oct 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Ward
Evesham South Ward
Parish
Evesham
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Arnold Tree Surgery

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Wychavon usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 29.

Day 749 days to the 56-day target
95%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
346decided in the last year

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

Wychavon
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#86 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Wychavon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #19 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wychavon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #202 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #186 of 296
88%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #19 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #117 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
98%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
54 decided
1,082
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026