Planning application
Priorsgate 100 Birchy Close Dickens Heath Solihull B90 1QL
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Fell trees 1-16 (T1-T16) to reinstate lawn area and replant 25 new trees across rear woodland from line on site plan 1 after T16. Fell: T1. Liquid amber T2. Himalayan birch T3. H, Birch T4. Birch T5. Silver birch T6. Oak T7. Oak T8. Silver birch T9. Silver birch T10. Rowan T11. Rowan T12. Oak T13. Oak. T14 Silver birch. T15 Silver birch T16. Oak. Deadwood all remaining trees on site.
As published by the council, reference PL/2023/00909/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2023/00909/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 27 Apr 2023
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2023
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2023
- Ward
- Blythe
- Parish
- Dickens Heath Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision With Objections
- Postcode
- B90 1QL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2023
Received by Solihull
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20 Jul 2023
Decision issued: Refused
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31 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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