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Orchard House, 137 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JL

25/00863/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Proposal

1 Mulberry - reduce the size of the canopy by a third. 2 Sweet Chestnut - reduce the size of the canopy by a third.

Received
5 March 2025
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Combe Down
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard House , 137 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JL. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Combe Down. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA2 5JL
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Target decision date
16 April 2025
Permission expires
10 April 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13829173
UPRN
100120044013
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bath
  • World Heritage Site: City of Bath
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bath

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