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26/13790/VC - Works to Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1,T2,T3 - Sycamore x 3 - Reduce to boundary only of 10 Humphrys Barton by removing 2m of lateral growth. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TPO NOT REQUIRED Decision · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TREE LOCATION PLAN Plan · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Avon Valley 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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 146 m away: Avon Valley Woodland
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.
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
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Bristol built-up area; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Deciduous woodland; Green belt about 78 m away: Bath and Bristol.
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 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.

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Important details

Council
Bristol
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Postcode
BS4 4NS
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Ward
Brislington East
Parish
Greater Brislington
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Preservation Order NOT REQUIRED
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, about the council's usual 24 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
758decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Bristol in the last twelve months, from validation. Bristol decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15203461
Planning Portal ref
PP-15203461
Statutory expiry
22 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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Bristol
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#109 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Bristol ranks #112 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

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Bristol decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #190 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #149 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #112 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #118 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
374 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
30 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
150 decided
2,098
Total decisions
293 refused in the year to March 2026
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