James House , James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BR Data via plota.co.uk

26/02678/TCA - Tree Works Notification in Con Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Sycamore (Group 1) - Prune to Clear structure/wires/buildings by 2m American sweet gum (T1) - Crown lift to 2.2m Remove small diameter branches below 50mm in diameter overhanging seating. Prune back to main stem. American sweet gum (T2) - Formative prune. Crown lift small diameter branching to 2.3m above parking bays and prune away branch tips close to building to achieve 1.5m clearance. Prune branches less than 50mm in diameter only. 5no. Common ash (T4, T6, T7, T12, T13) - Prune to Clear structure/wires/buildings by 2m Prune away from building to achieve required clearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
15 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 6

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 ↗
World heritage site: City of Bath
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 ↗
Bath 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 ↗
52 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 24, James Street West, Grade II, about 43 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 50 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
Inside the Bath built-up area; Air quality management area about 22 m away: Bath AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
BA1 2BR
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Kingsmead
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
18 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Ground Control Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, about the council's usual 35 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
505decided 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-15086728

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

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