Planning application
Cotswold View 45 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Height reduce 4 leylandii by 4 metres circa 40% reduction, trees have become overgrown, severely impeding light into immediate neighbouring properties, in time the group of trees will become a managed hedgerow.
As published by the council, reference 26/01224/CACN
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01224/CACN
- Status
- No objection
- Received
- 30 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Prestbury
- Parish
- Prestbury
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL52 3DL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
Received by Cheltenham
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31 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to No objection
Previously Permitted.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cheltenham took a median of 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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