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Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

Granted Cotswold 19/04047/TCONR Works to trees in conservation areas

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

1 No. Bay laurel (T73 on the accompanying plan). Reduce height by a maximum of 3m and reduce lateral crown spread to match (maximum lateral reduction of approx 1.5m.

As published by the council, reference 19/04047/TCONR

Application record

Reference
19/04047/TCONR
Type
Works to trees in conservation areas
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: No objection
Received
1 Nov 2019
Validated
1 Nov 2019
Decided
14 Nov 2019
Ward
Coln Valley
Parish
Bibury
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
GL7 5NT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cotswold register

This site has had 7 applications since 2019: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/03099/TCONR Awaiting decision

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    T1 - Tulip Tree - Minor works - crown lift to provide 2m clearance to adjacent tree and 3m clearance to ground T2 - Tulip Tree - Minor works - crown lift to provide 3m clearance to ground. T3 - weeping willow - Reduce lateral limb with hazard beam fracture, crown lift to provide 2m of ground clearance, remove 2 no. crossing limbs T4 - Walnut - Minor (repeat) works - crown lift to provide 5m clearance over adjacent drive. T5 - Holm oak - repeat works - reduce in height by circa 3m (single declining stem at 9m tall) to preserve decaying and collapsing main stem. See attached tree location plan.

    Submitted 8 Oct 2026
  • 26/00928/TCONR Granted

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    There are approx 15No ivy covered trees out of circa 75 trees that have issues (dead, failing/failed basal unions etc) that are adjacent the road. The 15no will need felling and there are few more that require dead limbs removing from over the road. T1 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fell T2 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss, crown die back - fell T3 - Sycamore - circa 200mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss - fell T4 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - moribund - fell to ground level T5 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - dead - fell to ground level T6 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - included union at 1m - fell T7 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - tri union at 1m. included bark and previous limb loss T8 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fell G1 - 7No Norway maple - semi mature, average 300mm diameter stem and smaller - Fell to ground level See attached tree location plan and example images

    Decided 16 Apr 2026 Trees
  • 24/03054/TCONR Granted

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    T1 - common lime - Minor works - crown lift to provide 3.5 to 4m of ground clearance (current ground clearance is circa 2.5 to 3m) T2 - sycamore - Minor works - crown lift to provide 3.5 to 4m of ground clearance (current ground clearance is circa 2.5 to 3m) T3 - common walnut - Minor works - leaning tree over access road (stem lean at circa 35 degrees) - crown lift to provide circa 4m of ground clearance and thin crown by no more than 20% to reduce end weight and limit progression of stem lean T4 - holm oak - Minor works - crown lift to provide 3.5 to 4m of ground clearance (current ground clearance is circa 2.5 to 3m)

    Decided 4 Nov 2024 Trees
  • 21/03782/TCONR Granted

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    1 No. Domestic Apple (T58 on the accompanying plan). mature tree. Growing through crown of adjacent large walnut. Heavily reduced in the past. dbh approx 250mm. Stem hollow to 2m. low leaf density. Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. Golden Elm (T71 on the accompanying plan). Young, small tree. dbh approx 150mm . The tree is in decline. Approx 40% of viable crown remains. Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. laburnum (T60 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree for species. dbh approx 300mm. The tree is growing through the crown of the adjacent walnut and suppressing the adjacent Box Elder (the better long-term trees). The tree has numerous poor quality main branch attachments (characteristic for species). Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. Judas tree (T61 on the accompanying plan). dbh approx 300mm. The tree is growing through the crown of, and is heavily suppressed by, the adjacent walnut tree (the better long-term tree). Fell to ground level and remove stump. See attached tree location plan. For info: Numerous new trees will be planted across the site in the next planting season (winter 2020/21)

    Decided 13 Oct 2021 Trees
  • 20/02841/TCONR Granted

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    1 No. Common ash (T47 on the accompanying plan). Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. Foxglove tree (T40 on the accompanying plan). Fell to ground level and remove stump.

    Decided 25 Aug 2020 Trees
  • 20/01667/TCONR Granted

    Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    1 No. Bay laurel (T73 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree. Crown lift by 0.5m on south side of crown to achieve 2m of ground clearance on the south side of crown; 1 No. Tulip Tree (T66 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree. Crown lift section of low crown on east side by 1.5m to achieve a uniform all round ground clearance of 3.5m; 1No. Weeping ash (T41 on the accompanying plan). Fell to ground level. small tree circa 2m in height with 100mm stem diameter. Removal likely already approved under full planning consent; 1No. Weeping ash (T42 on the accompanying plan). Fell to ground level. small tree circa 2m in height with 100mm stem diameter. Removal likely already approved under full planning consent; 1No. Common lime (T1 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree. Crown lift east side of crown by circa 2.5m to provide 5m of ground clearance over adjacent third party access road (Located to east of tree); 1No. Common beech (T74 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree. Crown lift south side only (Branches overhanging boundary wall) of crown by circa 2m to provide 4m of ground clearance; See attached tree location plan

    Decided 29 Jun 2020 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Nov 2019

    Received by Cotswold

  2. 14 Nov 2019

    Decision issued: No objection

  3. 20 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Cotswold granted permission on 14 November 2019, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    20/04317/TCONR Submitted 30 Nov 2020 50 yards away

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    19/02837/TCONR Submitted 30 Jul 2019 50 yards away

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  • Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT

    21/03782/TCONR Submitted 5 Oct 2021 50 yards away

    1 No. Domestic Apple (T58 on the accompanying plan). mature tree. Growing through crown of adjacent large walnut. Heavily reduced in the past. dbh approx 250mm. Stem hollow to 2m. low leaf density. Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. Golden Elm (T71 on the accompanying plan). Young, small tree. dbh approx 150mm . The tree is in decline. Approx 40% of viable crown remains. Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. laburnum (T60 on the accompanying plan). Mature tree for species. dbh approx 300mm. The tree is growing through the crown of the adjacent walnut and suppressing the adjacent Box Elder (the better long-term trees). The tree has numerous poor quality main branch attachments (characteristic for species). Fell to ground level and remove stump. 1 No. Judas tree (T61 on the accompanying plan). dbh approx 300mm. The tree is growing through the crown of, and is heavily suppressed by, the adjacent walnut tree (the better long-term tree). Fell to ground level and remove stump. See attached tree location plan. For info: Numerous new trees will be planted across the site in the next planting season (winter 2020/21)

    Granted Trees 3 docs
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    20/00040/TCONR Submitted 7 Jan 2020 50 yards away

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