Rockwood House Gravel Hill Road Yate South Gloucestershire Data via plota.co.uk

P26/00922/TRE - Works to Trees Approved

Proposal

Works to trees as per the proposed schedule of works received by the Council on 20th April 2026. Trees covered by SGTPO dated 23rd November 2007 and TPO 385 dated 16th September 1987. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Apr 2026
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Approved
5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Circulated Schedule · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Rockwood House, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Works to Trees
Postcode
BS37 7BW
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Yate North
Parish
Yate Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
5 Jun 2026
Decision level
Circulated Schedule
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Hawthorn Road - Arboricultural Consultancy

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 5 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
203decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by South Gloucestershire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Gloucestershire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14872738
Planning Portal ref
PP-14872738
Comments by
14 May 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Gloucestershire
Planning Authority Score
2.8/10
Poor
#239 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Gloucestershire ranks #178 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. South Gloucestershire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Gloucestershire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #210 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #263 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #178 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #195 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
105 decided
1,585
Total decisions
245 refused in the year to March 2026