19 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS Data via plota.co.uk

26/03599/TC5 - Tree Works in Con Area 5 days Approved

Proposal

T1 - Japanese Cedar - Remove due to significant lean towards house, roots have become visible, and concern that tree will fall Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Sept 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Last checked 1 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.
Also on the record
National landscape about 181 m away: Cotswolds; 6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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 19 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 in Con Area 5 days
Postcode
BA2 6BS
Received
18 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Bathwick
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 3 days from validation, 32 days faster than Bath's median of 35 for tree and landscaping works. 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 →

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