Northmead Farm Gibbs Lane Siston South Gloucestershire BS16 9LT Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01824/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Works to Monolith 1no. Oak Tree situated within Siston Conservation Area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

13 Aug 2026

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Approved

28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Bath and Bristol

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Siston 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.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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 ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode: BS16 9LT
Received: 13 Aug 2026
Validated: 13 Aug 2026
Ward: Boyd Valley
Parish: Siston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2026
Decision: No Objection
Decision date: 28 Sept 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 5 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one46d

Council41d

UK36d

95%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

288decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15155632
Planning Portal ref: PP-15155632
Comments by: 8 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

South Gloucestershire

Planning Authority Score

2.8/10

Poor

#239 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

Northmead Farm Gibbs Lane Siston South Gloucestershire BS16 9LT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 5

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