Montrose Cottage , 182 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HY Data via plota.co.uk

26/02974/TCA - Tree Works Notification in Con Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Pine Tree T1 - fell to ground level. Maple T2 - reduce by 2 meters to retain shape and size. Maple T3 - reduce by 2 meters to retain shape and size. Box Hedge H1 - remove due to box blight. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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.
Conservation area about 14 m away: Woollard
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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

Council
Bath
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Postcode
BS39 4HY
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Ward
Publow And Whitchurch
Parish
Publow
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Sept 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Tree Guy

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 4 days faster than Bath's median of 35 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
966decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15145651

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Bramley Cottage , Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HY
T1 (Apple)- Fell.
23/01659/TCA
2021 Approved
Bramley Cottage, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HY
Willow (T3) - fell as deceased.
21/02692/TCA
2020 Approved
2 Hillside, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HY
T1 (Willow) - Cut back lateral branches emanating from main trunk angled at approx. 40 de…
20/04012/TCA
2019 Approved
184 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Internal and external alterations to cottage including new single storey extension to rear
19/04444/LBA
2019 Approved
184 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Erection of single storey extension to rear
19/04443/FUL
2016 Approved
Sherwood, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Erection of single storey rear extension.
16/04545/FUL
2016 Approved
Sherwood, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension which would 1)…
16/03883/HPD
2016 Approved
Land West Of 182, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol,
1x Norway Spruce - remove
16/01274/TCA
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
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Bath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #17 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #26 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #236 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #199 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
172 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,817
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings