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Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

Awaiting decision Herefordshire, County of P262953/K Works to Trees in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Walnut Tree has been previously French-pollarded leaving a high canopy of scaffold branches. Proposal is to reduce these by approx 15'to ease future maintenance, and remove one branch on the driveway (western) side as it could impact vehicles using the driveway

As published by the council, reference P262953/K

Application record

Reference
P262953/K
Type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Status
Valid
Received
6 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Bircher
Parish
Luston
Postcode
HR6 0FH

Comment by 28 October 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Herefordshire, County of through their own planning portal.

Site history

Applications at this address on the Herefordshire, County of register

This site has had 5 applications since 2024.

  • P262217/K Decided

    Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

    T1 - acer. T2 - mulberry but does not fruit. T3 - goat willow which has been reduced many times. To fell 3 trees.

    Decided 27 Aug 2026 Trees
  • P261951/K Decided

    Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

    T1 pear, T2 apple - storm damaged and to be removed. T3 ,T4 - elders -overgrown. Previous consent to fell out of time. Require new consent to fell. T5 crab apple - unsightly and of no merit. Previous consent to fell out of time. Require new consent to fell.

    Decided 5 Aug 2026 Trees
  • P261732/K Decided

    Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

    Approximately 5x stools of willows to be re-coppiced and 1x birch to be reduced located with the circled area 'A' on the sketch map

    Decided 5 Aug 2026 Trees
  • P242352/K Decided

    Walnut Tree Cottage Bury Croft Lane Luston Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0FH

    Proposed works to: T1: Walnut, T2: Holly, T3: Ash, T4: Holly, T5: GoatWillow, T6: Silver birch (x2), T7: Crab apple and Field Maple, T8: Sorbus, T9: Ash saplings from old stump, T10: Apple, T11: Sycamore

    Decided 4 Nov 2024 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Oct 2026

    Received by Herefordshire, County of

  2. 12 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Herefordshire, County of took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Herefordshire, County of for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Herefordshire, County of decided tree works applications in a median of 37 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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