Stourport-on-Severn customers may need tree work as part of routine garden maintenance or as the first stage of a larger clearance or landscaping project.
SPR Trees & Landscapes provides professional tree surgery in Stourport-on-Severn for homeowners, landlords and businesses needing help with established, overgrown or unwanted trees.
Stourport-on-Severn customers may need tree work as part of routine garden maintenance or as the first stage of a larger clearance or landscaping project.
With over 15 years' experience, SPR can help with everything from routine pruning through to larger reductions, complete tree removals and stump grinding. Every job is quoted after seeing the tree, because access and what sits underneath it change the work as much as the tree itself does.
Pruning is often the first stage rather than the whole job. Taking the low limbs and deadwood out gives access to everything underneath, which is what makes a wider clearance possible — and it is usually the cheapest part of the project.
Reduction on a clearance job is worth sequencing carefully. Reducing before the ground is cleared means dragging material over whatever is still there; doing the two together in one visit usually costs less than arranging them separately.
On a clearance project, removal is usually one item among several, and combining it with the rest of the work is where the saving is — the set-up, the access and the waste run happen once rather than three times.
On a clearance job the stumps are best ground during the same arrangement rather than afterwards, because the ground is already open and the machine can reach places it will not reach once the new layout is in.
Big conifers are heavy, dense and awkward to dismantle, which is why they are priced as their own job rather than as a hedge. If the tree has been left long enough that the lower trunk is bare, that is worth saying when you ring — it changes what can be achieved and it is better established before a quote than after.
Stourport-on-Severn has a conservation area covering the historic canal basin and the streets around it. If a tree stands in a conservation area, six weeks' written notice has to be given to Wyre Forest District Council before work starts. That is a notice rather than an application — there is no approval to wait for beyond the six weeks. The council uses the time to decide whether to protect the tree with a Tree Preservation Order; if it does not, the work can go ahead and the authorisation lasts two years.
A tree already covered by a Tree Preservation Order is different again. That needs a formal consent application to Wyre Forest District Council, normally decided within eight weeks, and hearing nothing does not count as permission. Cutting down, topping, lopping or uprooting a protected tree without consent is a criminal offence, and not having checked is not a defence. Checking is free and takes one phone call, so it is worth doing before you book rather than after.
There is a size exemption worth knowing about. In a conservation area, trees under 75mm in stem diameter measured 1.5m above the ground fall outside the notice requirement, and the threshold rises to 100mm where the work is thinning to help other trees grow. That covers genuinely small stems — it will not cover anything you would call a tree surgery job.
Worth knowing if you read about it in the news: local government reorganisation was confirmed in July 2026, and Wyre Forest District Council will be replaced by North Worcestershire Council. That does not happen until 1 April 2028, and elections in May 2027 will generate coverage well before anything actually changes. Until vesting day, Wyre Forest District Council is still the authority to contact about a protected tree or a conservation area.
It is worth mentioning at quotation if tree work is the start of something bigger. Knowing that a patio or a lawn is going in afterwards changes practical decisions on the day — where material is stacked, whether the stump comes out, and how much of the ground gets disturbed.
Most gardens that need tree work need hedge work too, and the two are quoted more sensibly together than apart. SPR provides hedge cutting, trimming and reduction alongside tree surgery, so the whole boundary can be dealt with in one arrangement.
Five guides written for Stourport-on-Severn homeowners, covering what the work costs, what drives the price and how to decide what you actually need.
Tree surgery carried out by SPR across Worcestershire and the surrounding counties.
“Jim and Dan did a brilliant job on my 90ft conifer. Its a lot safer now and I have more light in the garden...”
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The cost depends on the tree, its size and position, access and the amount of work required. Contact SPR for a free quotation based on the actual job.
Yes. Professional tree pruning is one of SPR's core tree-surgery services.
Where appropriate, tree reduction can help manage excessive size while retaining the tree.
Yes. Tree removal is available where required.
Yes. Stump grinding is available and can be incorporated into the tree-removal project.
Yes. Contact us with details of the tree and what you would like to achieve.
Yes. SPR also provides hedge cutting, trimming and reduction.
Yes. Call or WhatsApp 07542 451291.
It depends on the tree. If it has a Tree Preservation Order you need written consent from Wyre Forest District Council. If it is in a conservation area you must give Wyre Forest District Council six weeks' notice. If neither applies, no permission is needed. We can point you at the right check before quoting.
Wyre Forest District Council — that is the local planning authority for tree matters. It is due to be replaced by North Worcestershire Council on 1 April 2028, but until then nothing changes.
SPR covers Worcester and the surrounding towns for tree surgery, hedge maintenance and wider landscaping.
SPR Trees & Landscapes, 6 Rose Avenue, Worcester, WR4 9PY
Need a tree pruned, reduced or removed in Stourport-on-Severn? Tell us what you need and we'll get back to you — usually the same day.
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