Spiders Cottage Quarry Road Frenchay South Gloucestershire BS16 1LX Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01099/TRE - Works to Trees Approved

Proposal

Works to reduce height of 2no. Sycamore Trees (T1, T2) by 3 metres and radial spread by 2-3 metres. Works to pollard 1no. Sycamore Tree (T3). Covered by Tree Preservation Order SGTPO15/12 dated 13th June 2012. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 May 2026
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Approved
27 Jul 2026

Approved on 27 Jul 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 27 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

Frenchay Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 129 m away: Oldbury Court; Radon affected area, class 4; 4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Tree preservation order about 16 m away; Inside the Kingswood and Fishponds built-up area; Open access land about 44 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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 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.

Sales history 5

Last sold for £360,000 in January 2021. Detached house, freehold.

8 January 2021£360,000
15 July 2016£335,000
27 June 2014£280,000
8 December 2009£215,000
24 April 1997£69,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Works to Trees
Postcode
BS16 1LX
Received
13 May 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
Frenchay And Downend
Parish
Winterbourne Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
27 Jul 2026
Decision level
Fully Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 75 days from validation, 34 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-14931945
Planning Portal ref
PP-14931945
Comments by
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jul 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.