Planning application
St Marys Church Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Box tree -Fell. Cypress tree - Fell. Yew tree - Branches for removal.
As published by the council, reference S.26/0830/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- S.26/0830/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Consent
- Received
- 12 May 2026
- Validated
- 12 May 2026
- Decided
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Berkeley Vale Ward
- Parish
- Berkeley Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Stroud register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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S.25/2175/TCA Granted
St Marys Church Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire
1. Cedar - Remove hanger. 2. Holly - Remove low dead limbs and weight reduce 2m leaning stem on the NE of the crown. 3. Red Cedar - Remove deadwood over footway and memorial area and weight reduce (2 meters) subsiding limb over memorial area. 4. Lime - Re-pollard at 2.5m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 May 2026
Received by Stroud
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11 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Consent
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Stroud granted permission on 11 June 2026, 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Cypress tree - prune, lower branches to be removed at the trunk, upto 4m. Tamerisk tree - fell. Juniper tree - fell.
Granted Trees 7 docs -
St Marys Church Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire
1. Cedar - Remove hanger. 2. Holly - Remove low dead limbs and weight reduce 2m leaning stem on the NE of the crown. 3. Red Cedar - Remove deadwood over footway and memorial area and weight reduce (2 meters) subsiding limb over memorial area. 4. Lime - Re-pollard at 2.5m.
Granted Trees 7 docs -
Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Yew(T1)-crown lift branches over/near the temple up to 7-8m above ground-remove branches affecting Temple roof back to the main stem or reduce by between 50-75%,cut back major limb at a height of 6.5m above ground to approx 2m from the main stem. Yew(T2)-crown lift branches over/near Temple up to 7m above ground,cut back branches over 1-2" diameter to within 0.5-0.75m of main trunk to suitable growth points;remove 3 larger limbs,1 at 5.5-6m,1 at 6.5-7.5m and 1 at 4m;the lowest limb at 2-2.5m above ground,cut back to within 1-1.25m of the main trunk. Pine(T3), Ash(T4) -Remove. Wild Cherry(T5) -crown lift to 4-4.5m above ground-remove 2 opposing branches at 4-4.5m above ground back to main stem; remove low limb over Temple roof at 3.25m above ground back to main trunk,reduce branches at 6-6.5m above ground level and dropping towards Temple roof by 50% to suitable new growth points. Holly(T6) - approx 8m with a radial spread of 4m;reduce by 50% to leave a height of 3.5-4.0m with radial spread of 1.75-2.0m.Bay (T7)-8m high with radial spread of 6m,reduce by 50% to leave a height of 4m max & balance the radial spread,leaving a finished radial spread of 2-3m to balance.Yew(T8)-crown lift to 3m over the road and boundary wall,crown thin by 30-40%,removing/reducing the longest branches to reduce canopy by 1-1.5m laterally.Birch(T9)-Remove the single major low limb over the road.Yew(T10 and 11)-Remove. Holly(T12)-crown lift to 3m over road & boundary wall.Reduce largest,lowest branch,growing directly towards the road by 3m;reduce further branches over road by 0.5-2.0m to blend into the rest of canopy.Yew(T13)-Remove the largest limb over road & closest to the boundary wall,to crown lift to approx 3m over road,reduce the largest central leader back to 4m above the ground at the natural growth point to balance. Yew(T14)-Crown lift over road to approx 3m;crown thin by 50% near to streetlight to reduce the spread over the road by approx 2-3m & blend into the rest of tree canopy.
Granted Trees 5 docsSmall domestic -
Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Holly tree and Wild cherry - prune two branches by 5m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Yew tree to be pruned - canopy raised to just over 2m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
Yew tree to be pruned - canopy raised to just over 2m.
Granted Trees 4 docs
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S.26/1635/TCA Awaiting decision
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T1 Cedar - prune overhang back from neighbouring roof by approx 2 meters. T2 Pine - prune overhang back from neighbouring roof by approx 2 meters.
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S.26/1636/TPO Awaiting decision
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S.26/1631/TCA Awaiting decision
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S.26/1623/TCA Awaiting decision
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S.26/1577/TPO Awaiting decision
TPO/0128/A Dyffryn Theescombe Amberley Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5AY
T1- Beech tree Crown lift up to 4m all round. T2- Beech tree to be inner crown thinned 20% and reduce crown by 4m all round.