23, Swallowfields Road, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 3TR Data via plota.co.uk

P26/0786 - Tree Preservation Order Registered application

Proposal

Fell 1 Silver Birch tree Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Nov 2026, from Dudley's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 9

Medium Value ZoneArticle 4 direction682/T12682/T11
Air quality management area: Dudley AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Medium Value ZoneCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Article 4 directionCouncil record
Some permitted development rights are withdrawn. The direction is on the council's register but not published as open data.
Council site ↗
682/T12Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
682/T11Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Inside the Sedgley built-up area; 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

Checked on 12 September 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
Dudley
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
DY3 3TR
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Sedgley
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 5 of the 56-day target. Dudley usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 74.

Day 569 days to the predicted decision (day 74)
15%decided within 8 weeks
61%approved
61decided in the last year

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

Dudley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#128 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dudley ranks #122 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dudley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #246 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #217 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #122 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #76 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
52 decided
780
Total decisions
137 refused in the year to March 2026