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Bath Spa University, Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF

25/04599/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 31 December 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Common Beech (T575) - Reduce height and lateral extent by 2-2.5m to approximate level of previous crown reduction due to stem decay. Common lime (T574) - Crown reduce by approximately 2m to previous pruning points in conjunction with works to T575. Understorey (W1) - Silvicultural thinning by 50% of young self-sown understorey trees to remove poor trees and retain best specimens.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Lansdown
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bath Spa University , Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 168 applications across Lansdown. 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 5SF
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
31 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cutlers Green Chewton Mendip Somerset BA3 4NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14532284
UPRN
100121172380

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
  • Brownfield land register: Sion HillRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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