Langford Chapel Blackmoor Langford BS40 5HL Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/0669/TRCA - Works to trees - Conservation Area Approved
Listed buildingsTrees & landscaping

Proposal

Yew - roadside boundary of Langford Chapel - reduce to previous pruning points (once a year for five years) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF TREE OFFICER REPORT Delegated Report · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 6 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Lower Langford 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates at Victoria Jubilee Langford Homes, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 5 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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1379 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Lower Langford built-up area; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 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

Council
North Somerset
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Postcode
BS40 5HL
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
Blagdon And Churchill
Parish
Churchill
Case officer
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Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
No objection (tree/hed) unconditional
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 14 days faster than North Somerset's median of 56 for listed building works. Approved, as 89% of listed building works here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
50decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
5 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Trim yew trees back to historic points
24/P/2014/TRCA
2019 Approved
T1 - Yew - reduce to previous pruning points
19/P/2787/TRCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
13 Blackmoor Close Langford BS40 5HN
2 x Cherry and 1 x Maple - reduce by 750mm (this years growth); Purple Plum - fell.
25/P/1807/TRCA
2023 Approved
6 Blackmoor Close Langford North Somerset BS40 5HN
Proposed erection of a single storey side extension and erection of detached summer house…
23/P/1564/FUH
2022 Approved
Langford Chapel Blackmoor Langford North Somerset BS40 5HL
Yew - prune crown by no more than 200mm, to previous points
22/P/1496/TRCA
2020 Approved
11 Blackmoor Close Langford Bristol BS40 5HN
T1 - Lawson Cypress - Fell and remove
20/P/2504/TRCA
2020 Approved
13 Blackmoor Close Langford Bristol BS40 5HN
T1 & T2 - Maple - Crown reduce by up 1m. T3 & T4 - Cherry - Crown reduce by up to 1m. T5…
20/P/1557/TRCA
2019 Withdrawn
2 Virginia Cottages Blackmoor Langford BS40 5HL
Demolition of boundary wall to create new car access to east of property, construction of…
19/P/1428/FUH
2018 Approved
4 Blackmoor Close Langford Bristol BS40 5HN
proposed single storey rear and side extensions on site of existing side extension to be…
18/P/4790/FUH
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
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Other 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings