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26/02142/TCONR - Works to trees in conservation areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

G1 - Crab Apple - Crown raise to 4 meters Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
16 Jul 2026
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Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF SCREENING OPINION Screening Opinion · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 1 Photograph · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Lower Farm Cottages
List entry 1237916 · 2 m from the pin · 11 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 10 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Cotswolds 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.
Upper Slaughter Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Scheduled monument 59 m away: Castle Mound
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 22 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Postcode
GL54 2JB
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Bourton Vale
Parish
Upper Slaughter
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Aug 2026
Decision
No objection
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 7 days slower than Cotswold's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
522decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15088274
Comments by
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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Single storey rear extension
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Cotswold
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#218 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Cotswold is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #219 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cotswold decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #128 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #150 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #219 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #212 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
123 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,252
Total decisions
138 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings