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Hicks Field Rugby Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA

25/04037/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 November 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Sycamore, T4 Sycamore, T5 Sycamore and T6 Willow - Remove (fell) to near ground level. TG2 Sycamore and Ash - Remove (fell) remaining tree to near ground level. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Lambridge
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hicks Field Rugby Ground, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Lambridge. We hold 2,335 applications in total for the BA1 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
BA1 7DA
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Permission expires
27 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Mrs Jackie Gumsley Unit 8 Stephenson House Horsley Business Centre Horsley NE15 0NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14418414
UPRN
010001147079

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bath
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • World Heritage Site: City of Bath

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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Bath

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