Planning application
Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 26/03099/TCONR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03099/TCONR
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2026
- 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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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
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19/04047/TCONR Granted
Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2026
Received by Cotswold
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13 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cotswold took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Cotswold for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cotswold's median decision took 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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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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