Topsy Turvy Cottage, 72 Bower Yard, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7AZ Data via plota.co.uk

TWC/2026/0712 - Trees in Conservation Area Valid

Proposal

Reduction of height by 2.5m to 1no. Mulberry tree (T1), crown reduction by 2m to 1no. Magnolia tree (T2) and reduction to previous pruning points by 2m to 1no. Oak tree (T3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Nov 2026, from Telford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
World heritage site: Ironbridge Gorge
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Severn Gorge 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.
SSSI about 69 m away: Tick Wood and Benthall Edge SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 78, Bower Yard, Grade II, about 31 m from the postcode pin · 12 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.
Show all 12 with distances
Historic England ↗
Local nature reserve about 303 m away: Lodge Field
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Flood defence about 26 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Telford 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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 £96,500 in May 1997. Semi-detached house, freehold.

28 May 1997£96,500

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

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Important details

Council
Telford
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
TF8 7AZ
Received
around 29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Ironbridge Gorge
Parish
The Gorge
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Watchoak Tree Care

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. Telford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 34.

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
106decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
15258759
Telford
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#31 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Telford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #6 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Telford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #102 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #183 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #6 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #6 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
57 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
43 decided
571
Total decisions
54 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.