Four Wells Copse Hill Road Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01922/TCONR - Works to trees in conservation areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Sycamore (T1) Reduce by 40% to previous reduction points to increase light into property and reduce overhanging to carriageway. Variegated Maple (T2) Reduce by 20% as tree growing close to property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SCREENING OPINION Screening Opinion · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Lower 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 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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Public footpath 26 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; 4 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 2

Last sold for £1,450,000 in December 2007. Detached house, freehold.

7 December 2007£1,450,000
3 August 2004£850,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Postcode
GL54 2HP
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Bourton Vale
Parish
Lower Slaughter
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
No objection
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 8 days slower than Cotswold's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
757decided 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 30 Jul 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15032342
Planning Portal ref
PP-15032342
Comments by
4 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Poplar trees (T1) (T2) - fell to ground level because of extensive basal decay and due to…
21/00321/TCONR
2021 Approved
Poplar trees (T1) (T2) - fell to ground level because of extensive basal decay and due to…
21/00321/TCONR
2018 Approved
T.1 - Poplar tree - fell
18/00244/TCONR
2018 Approved
T.1 - Poplar tree - fell
18/00244/TCONR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Stable Cottage Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Trees owned by parish council, close to Stable Cottage: T1 - Crab Apple - Remove deadwood…
25/03506/TCONR
2025 Approved
Stable Cottage Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Trees owned by parish council, close to Stable Cottage: T1 - Crab Apple - Remove deadwood…
25/03506/TCONR
2024 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Sycamore - Remove failed branch, also remove branch with hole over walkway. Remove s…
24/01855/TCONR
2024 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Conifer - Prune back to boundary line
24/01492/TCONR
2024 Approved
Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 Sycamore- Fell to ground level
24/00528/TCONR
2024 Approved
Lime Tree Cottage Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 Lime - Reduce crown and elongated limbs to leave an even and balanced crown as per ann…
24/00520/TCONR
2022 Refused
Grange Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Change of use of land from paddock to domestic land for the erection of detached garage a…
22/04503/FUL
2022 Refused
Grange Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Change of use of land from paddock to domestic land for the erection of detached garage a…
22/04503/FUL
2023 Approved
The Old Stables Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Reduce crown of Sycamore to rear of property as per attached photograph
23/02955/TCONR
2023 Approved
The Old Stables Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Reduce crown of Sycamore to rear of property as per attached photograph
23/02955/TCONR
2023 Approved
Arlington House Copse Hill Road Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Sycamore - Remove to ground level. T2 - Pine - Raise over road only to 5.5m
23/02497/TCONR
2023 Approved
Arlington House Copse Hill Road Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Sycamore - Remove to ground level. T2 - Pine - Raise over road only to 5.5m
23/02497/TCONR
2023 Approved
Manor Close Copse Hill Road Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
1 Walnut tree - Removal
23/01770/TCONR
2023 Approved
Manor Close Copse Hill Road Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
1 Walnut tree - Removal
23/01770/TCONR
2022 Approved
Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 Cherry- Reduction as illustrated
22/03334/TCONR
2022 Approved
Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 Cherry- Reduction as illustrated
22/03334/TCONR
2022 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Beech (Facus sylvatica) - Reduce crown by 2-3m to maintain a suitable size for posit…
22/02173/TCONR
2022 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Beech (Facus sylvatica) - Reduce crown by 2-3m to maintain a suitable size for posit…
22/02173/TCONR
2022 Approved
Stable Cottage Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Lime - Prune 2 branches as indicated on submitted photo
22/00586/TCONR
2022 Approved
Stable Cottage Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1 - Lime - Prune 2 branches as indicated on submitted photo
22/00586/TCONR
2017 Approved
Grange Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
T1- Taxus Baccata - prune, T2 + T3 - Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana - fell to ground level
17/00400/TCONR
2017 Approved
Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Horse Chestnut - reduce crown by approx 30% back to previous points
17/00308/TCONR
2017 Approved
Manor Farm Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Horse Chestnut - reduce crown by approx 30% back to previous points
17/00308/TCONR
2016 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Tree works submitted in revised schedule dated February 2016
16/00322/TCONR
2016 Approved
Lower Slaughter Manor Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HP
Tree works submitted in revised schedule dated February 2016
16/00322/TCONR
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use