Church Of Saint Mary High Street Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02377/TCONR - Works to trees in conservation areas Approved

Proposal

T2 Japanese Cherry - Remove dead branch 1.5m on south east side T3 Common Walnut - Reduce canopy by 25% to clear away from buildings and footpath T4 yew tree - Reduce canopy on west aspect to clear gravestone T9 Judas Tree - Remove deadwood T10 Myrobaln Plum - Fell northern stem and raise canopy to 1.5 meters T13 Black Elder - Reduce branches away from cypruss by 1 meter T14 Tamarisk - Reduce crown by 25% away from path and adjacent tomb T15 Bright Bead Cottoneaster - Cut back from seating area by half a meter T16 Cherry - Crown raise to 2m T17 Beech - Crown raise to 2m T18 Beech - Crown Raise tp 2m T19 Beech - Crown Raise to 2m T22 Beech - Cut Ivy on western aspect T24 Beech - Deadwood removal T25 Bird Cherry - Crown raise tom2m T26 Copper Beech - Remove deadwood T35 - Mountain Ash - Crown raise to 2m T53 - Sever Ivy H1 - Crown Raise to 2 meters H2 - Crown Raise to 2meters Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Grade I listed: Church of St Mary
List entry 1089998 · The pin is inside its outline · 42 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II*, 39 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 ↗
Fairford 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 ↗
Public footpath 13 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 3; Inside the Fairford 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.

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Postcode
GL7 4AD
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Fairford North
Parish
Fairford
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
No objection
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, 14 days faster 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
671decided 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

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Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15138518
Planning Portal ref
PP-15138518
Comments by
14 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
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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