Little Court , College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RR Data via plota.co.uk

26/02558/TCA - Tree Works Notification in Con Area Approved

Proposal

Yew T1 and T2 - reduce by up to 1.3 metres on lateral branches facing the property and the remaining canopies crown raised - tertiary growth only, lifting to no more than 3 metres above ground level and thinned by approx 10% to allow for more light to the garden. Cypress T3 - fell. Magnolia T4 - reduce by up to 80cm all over. Large Silver Birch T5 - canopy reduction of up to 2.5 metres all over. The canopy is to be thinned of the climbing vegetation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Jul 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
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
National landscape about 252 m away: Cotswolds; Inside the Bath built-up area.
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 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 1

Last sold for £1,510,000 in May 2015. Detached house, freehold.

15 May 2015£1,510,000

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

Building

Floor area253 m² (2,723 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (50 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 10 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2014, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Bath
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Postcode
BA1 5RR
Received
6 Jul 2026
Validated
6 Jul 2026
Ward
Lansdown
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Aug 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, about the council's usual 35 days. 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-15064630
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

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.