Planning Application

What this application is

This is a Section 211 notice concerning a hawthorn tree in a conservation area in Bromsgrove and Redditch. The council has six weeks to decide whether to make a Tree Preservation Order.

Trees in a conservation area with a trunk diameter over 75mm are automatically protected. A Section 211 notice gives the council six weeks to decide whether to make a Tree Preservation Order before work can proceed.

The applicant's own description is: 1. Hawthorn sapling self seeded within front perimeter hedge next to pavement. When in leaf, this small tree obscures driver visibility of electronic speed camera/speed warning sign installed by Highways dept in 2024 to…. The application was received by Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Council on 15 October 2025 and is currently marked unknown on the council register — see what that status means.

If you want to respond

You can submit an objection asking the council to make a TPO if you feel the tree contributes meaningfully to the character of the conservation area.

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