Oak House Old Weston Road Congresbury BS49 5ED Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/0999/TPO - Works to TPO Approved

Proposal

Oak (T1) Raise crown to 2,5mtrs by removal of sub lateral limbs only. Clear crown away from property to give 2mtr clearance Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:58

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Application progress

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Received

13 May 2026

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Validated

14 May 2026

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Approved

7 Jul 2026

Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF TREE OFFICER REPORT Delegated Report · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 13 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National infrastructure project 741 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection

The site is 741 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, 74 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

SSSI 92 m away: Biddle Street, Yatton SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Protected tree 14 m away: Heath Cottage, Old Weston Road, Congresbury, order TPO610_T1; Priority habitat 27 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Building

Floor area209 m² (2,250 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (91 out of 100), could reach A

PropertyDetached house

Built2020

HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.23 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: North Somerset
Application type: Works to TPO
Postcode: BS49 5ED
Received: 13 May 2026
Validated: 14 May 2026
Ward: Congresbury And Puxton
Parish: Congresbury
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Jul 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 7 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Swift Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 4 days slower than North Somerset's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one54d

Council50d

UK36d

61%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

343decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 5 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused

T1 is an English Oak (Quercus robur). We will reduce the crown by approximately 1-2m to m…

25/P/1843/TPO 18 Dec 2025

North Somerset

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#83 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Somerset decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #137 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #134 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #96 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #88 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

135 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

52 decided

1,139

Total decisions

128 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.