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The Uplands School Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BB

Refused Solihull PL/2024/00118/TPO Tree Preservation Order

Works: Trees

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Work to 11 trees within the boundary of the site, 9 protected by TPO: T1 Ash tree - Twin stemmed, remove dead/dangerous. Remove large bough growing from a naturally weak fork to balance the crown and also up to a 50% reduction of tree/canopy/crown. T2 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous and stumps. Remove large bough growing over neighbouring land to balance the crown and also Up to a 50% reduction to tree/canopy/crown. T3 Sycamore tree - Remove dead/dangerous. Up to 50% reduction to tree/canopy/crown. T7 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous and rebalance tree as large branches overhanging on neighbouring gardens. Also, up to a 50% reduction on tree/canopy/crown. T8 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous and re balance as large branches overhanging neighbouring gardens. Also, up to 50% reduction in tree/canopy/crown. T9 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous and epicormic growth. Remove large branches over hanging neighbouring gardens to rebalance tree. Up to 50% reduction in tree/canopy/crown. T10 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous, rebalance tree and up to 50% reduction in tree/canopy/ crown. T11 Oak tree - Remove dead/dangerous rebalance tree and up to 50% reduction in tree/canopy/crown. T12 Alder tree - Remove dead/dangerous. Up to 50% reduction in tree/canopy/crown. Plus 2 unknown trees with no TPO between T8/T9 - Possible sycamore tree - Remove dead/dangerous rebalance tree and up to 50% reduction in tree, next to T12 - Possible sycamore tree - Remove dead/dangerous. Rebalance tree and up to 50% reduction.

As published by the council, reference PL/2024/00118/TPO

Application record

Reference
PL/2024/00118/TPO
Type
Tree Preservation Order
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
21 Jan 2024
Validated
21 Jan 2024
Decided
15 Apr 2024
Ward
Shirley South
Parish
Non-Civil Parish Or Community
Decision by
Delegated Decision With Objections
Postcode
B90 2BB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Solihull register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • PL/2023/00478/TPO Refused

    The Uplands School Road Shirley Solihull B90 2BB

    Ash tree (T1) remove large bough and up to an industry standard thinning. Oak tree (T2) remove large bough growing over neighbouring land and possibly thinning. Sycamore tree (T3) 10-20% thinning of crown. Oak tree (T7) rebalance tree as large branches overhanging on neighbouring gardens. Oak tree (T8) rebalance as large branches overhanging neighbouring gardens, and 10-15% thinning of crown. Oak tree (T9) remove epicormic growth, remove large branches over hanging neighbouring gardens Oak tree (T10) rebalance tree and 10-15% thinning. Oak tree (T11) rebalance tree and 10-15% thinning. Alder tree (T12) 10-15% thinning of crown.

    Decided 8 Jun 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jan 2024

    Received by Solihull

  2. 15 Apr 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

10 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Solihull refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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