Church Farm , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD Data via plota.co.uk

25/04072/TCA - Tree Works Notification in Con Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

2no. Birch trees - Crown lift to give 3m clearance from neighbouring property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
20 Oct 2025
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Approved
25 Nov 2025
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Appeal dismissed
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Nov 2025 · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 9

Mendip Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath about 19 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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 ↗
Conservation area about 13 m away: East Harptree
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Rectory, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 7 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
SSSI about 312 m away: Harptree Combe SSSI; Inside the East Harptree built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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.

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Important details

Council
Bath
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Postcode
BS40 6BD
Received
20 Oct 2025
Validated
20 Oct 2025
Ward
Mendip
Parish
East Harptree
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2025
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
25 Nov 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 19 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004655 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
HGM Contracting

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 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-14425536

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
Weeping Silver Pear T1 (2m) - fell.
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Within ~100m

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2024 Approved
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Erection of 3no dwellinghouses following demolition of 1no 4 bed dwellinghouse.
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2024 Approved
The Old Rectory , Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
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2022 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2016 Approved
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16/01369/LBA
2016 Approved
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2016
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2025 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2020 Approved
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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