1 Prospect Cottages Snailbeach Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 0LR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Reduce limbs by three metres and lower crown by four metres of 1no. Oak tree within Snailbeach Conservation Area Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 11
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £121,000 in November 2003. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Shropshire
- Application type
- Works to Trees - Conservation Area
- Postcode
- SY5 0LR
- Received
- 2 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Chirbury And Worthen
- Parish
- Worthen With Shelve
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Consent by Right - Trees
- Decision date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 31 days from validation, 11 days faster than Shropshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Shropshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Shropshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14595180
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14595180
- Comments by
- 23 Jan 2026
- Site or press notice
- 9 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Shropshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #53 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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