Waterside Basin Road Worcester WR5 3DA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00742/CAN - Tree works within a conservation area Approved

Proposal

Six mature Liquidambar trees, identified as T1-T6 on the attached site plan. Proposed Works Crown reduce T1-T6 by approximately 25% through selective reduction of branch lengths to maintain a balanced natural form and shape. Maintain the existing crown clearance (canopy uplift) to approximately 2.5 metres above ground level by removing or pruning regrowth from lower branches. Remove any dead, damaged, diseased, rubbing or crossing branches identified during the works. Prune T6 branches encroaching towards the footway, carriageway and adjacent street lighting to provide and maintain suitable clearance from the highway and associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Lock Cottage Adjacent to Barge Lock No 2, Grade II, about 17 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
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 ↗
Worcester and Birmingham Canal 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Worcester City (Political Boundary)
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Registered battlefield about 184 m away: Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Old Bridge 1642; Inside the Worcester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 £1,232,649 in March 2018. Other property, freehold.

1 March 2018£1,232,649Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Worcester
Application type
Tree works within a conservation area
Postcode
WR5 3DA
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Cathedral Ward
Parish
Worcester City
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Jo Wakefield
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
139decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
20 Aug 2026
Worcester
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#117 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Worcester is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #73 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Worcester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #214 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #185 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #73 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #137 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
41 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
41 decided
427
Total decisions
62 refused in the year to March 2026

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 owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.