Planning application
Mercian Court Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1-Crown lift cypress at the front of the property to give approximately 3m ground clearance from the pavement. T2-Remove dying holly at the side of the property to ground level. T3 Shape smoke tree at the rear of the property by reducing by 1m where required. T4-Reduce cherry at the rear of the property by up to 2m and shape accordingly T5-Reduce Hawthorn at the rear of the property by up to 1m and retain shape T6-Remove cypress on the rear boundary of the property to ground level. G1-Re-pollard 4 x Maple on the rear boundary of the property back to previous pollard points (4-5m).
As published by the council, reference 25/01546/CACN
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01546/CACN
- Type
- Conservation Area Notification
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- No objection raised
- Received
- 25 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 26 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 3 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Park
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheltenham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2018: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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19/00434/CACN Granted
Mercian Court Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Yew tree - remove Ash tree - remove
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18/02088/CACN Granted
Mercian Court Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Cherry (T3) - Formative prune, crown lift up to 2m. Maple (T4) - Re-pollard to historic 5m reduction height. Maple (T5) - Re-pollard to historic 5m reduction height. Maple (T6) - Re-pollard to historic 5m reduction height. Maple (T7) - Re-pollard to historic 5m reduction height. Hawthorn (T9) - Remove hanging branch. Yew (T10) - Reduce height to 3m, trim spread to shape, cutting back to strong green secondary growth. Mountain Ash (T11) - Reduce branches encroaching onto building, to give 2.3m clearance. Remove dead wood.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2025
Received by Cheltenham
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26 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Oct 2025
Decision issued: No objection raised
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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