Powswood, Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QY
Proposal
Yew Tree - crown height reduction by up to 5 metres, selective limb removal (east aspect) as detailed in arboricultural statement, Ivy removal, minimal pruning to the west-facing branches that overhang the neighbouring driveway - 500mm taken to tidy up the tree but ensure the arch is retained ( amended description )
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Decided
- 30 September 2025 · NO OBJECTION
- Decision level
- Non-Planning applications
- Ward
- Widcombe And Lyncombe
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- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Powswood , Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QY. Bath has handled 1,184 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 35 days. This one was decided in 29 days, 6 days quicker than Bath's median. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 202 applications across Widcombe And Lyncombe. We hold 3,374 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.
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- Conservation area: Bath
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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