Coughton House Birmingham Road Coughton Alcester B49 5HU Data via plota.co.uk

26/01163/TREE - Notification for Works to Trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

- T1 hazel coppice - Remove 4x stems to clear building by 3m (as per annotated photograph) - T2 cedar - Crown lift tree to clear building by removing 5x lower limbs (as per annotated photograph) - T3 weeping birch - Clear BT wire by 1m - T4 pine - Clear BT wire by 1m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Validated
18 May 2026
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Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Coughton House
List entry 1183735 · 1 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 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 ↗
Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Scheduled monument 31 m away: Medieval settlement at Coughton Court
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 ↗
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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Important details

Council
Stratford on Avon
Application type
Notification for Works to Trees in CA
Postcode
B49 5HU
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Alcester East
Parish
Coughton
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Applicant
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Agent
RD Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
452decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 May 2026
Comments by
9 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved
G1 - x2 Conifer - Fell
18/01292/TREE
2018 Approved
G1 - x2 Conifer - Fell
18/01292/TREE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Coughton Court Coughton Fields Lane Kinwarton Coughton B49 5JA
-T417 oak - Remove. -T46 ash - Remove west facing limb. -T369 lime - Reduce weight of wes…
21/04044/TREE
2021 Approved
Coughton Court Coughton Fields Lane Kinwarton Coughton B49 5JA
-T417 oak - Remove. -T46 ash - Remove west facing limb. -T369 lime - Reduce weight of wes…
21/04044/TREE
Stratford on Avon
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#121 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Stratford on Avon ranks #142 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Stratford on Avon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #94 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #93 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #142 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #166 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
146 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,257
Total decisions
98 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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