Oak Cottage High Street Leintwardine Craven Arms Herefordshire SY7 0LQ Data via plota.co.uk

P260012/J - Works to trees covered by TPO Approved

Proposal

Veteran oak tree - encroaching onto the neighboring property as well as the main highway through the village and service/power lines. This poses a concern as there is a lot of dead wood present and has selected elongated limbs. Intention is to complete a 3-5m reduction/reshape and deadwood to reduceconcerns and risks. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Plough Farmhouse
List entry 1082034 · 20 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 4; Inside the Leintwardine built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 1

Last sold for £452,000 in January 2024. Detached house, freehold.

29 January 2024£452,000Recorded 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

Application type
Works to trees covered by TPO
Postcode
SY7 0LQ
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Mortimer
Parish
Leintwardine
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Trees covered by TPO – Consent Granted
Decision date
20 Feb 2026
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 10 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
301decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Jan 2026
Comments by
5 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
8 Jan 2026
Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Herefordshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #250 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Herefordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #56 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #79 of 296
46%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #250 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #269 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
278 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
104 decided
1,406
Total decisions
96 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.