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26/P/0850/TPO - Works to TPO Approved

Proposal

T1 Yew tree - Raise canopy of tree to 3 meters. - Targeted reduction of limbs that grow over neighbouring property and orchard cottage. Cut back to allow 1 meter clearance from any property or boundary line. T3 Holm Oak and T2 Beech tree on boundary of Orchard Cottage - T2 Beech tree to have its lowest 2 branches removed and the T3 Holm oak to have its lowest 3 branches reduced back to the previously cut points 1.5 - 2 meters G1 Main car park and Rock garden. Car park area - Clear all trees ( 7 Sycamores , 1 Hazel, 1 Silver Maple ) back so that the tarmac area is to be free of over hang. Cutting back is to be carried out to the height of the lamp posts only , Upper canopy to be left. - 1 Sycamore tree to be felled carefully in sections. To clear foliage from obstructing the street lights and so allow safe access for service users. Rock Garden - Raise canopy of the trees overhanging the garden to allow free access to the garden and to allow more light in. To clear foliage from obstructing the street lights and so allow safe access for service users. G2 Area of fence line that runs between the woodland car park and the entrance to Orchard Cottage Hazel tree where branches are growing trough and on communication lines. - remove any limbs that are in contact with lines or will be in contact in the near future. Multiple areas of Laurel, Hazel, Elder that are growing over wooden fence. - cut any tree that is in contact with the fence back to leave at least 1m clearance from the fence line To prevent further damage to property. G3 Oil tank and Car park area of woodland school. Oil tank - cut back Laurel trees to allow at least 2 meters clearance from the fence line around the tank, to allow access for re -fuelling. Car Park area G4 - R Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Apr 2026
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Validated
19 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Jul 2026

Site constraints 10

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Leigh Court Hospital, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden: Leigh Court
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation about 70 m away: Avon Gorge Woodlands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 1
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
SSSI about 70 m away: Avon Gorge 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.
National infrastructure project about 672 m away: Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1
The site is about 672 m from the project boundary. Railway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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 TPO
Postcode
BS8 3RA
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
19 May 2026
Ward
Pill
Parish
Abbots Leigh
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
bristol tree care

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 49 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
315decided 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
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
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