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Burial Ground, Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset

25/04781/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Poplar T1 - remove two boughs to reduce weight tension, to reduce the remaining tree by roughly 2m. Turkey Oak T2 - reduce by roughly 2.5-3m to shape.

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Widcombe And Lyncombe
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Burial Ground, Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Widcombe And Lyncombe.

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

Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
19 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Smith And Arbor Ltd 42 Hawcroft Holt Bradford On Avon BA14 6RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14566049
UPRN
010001147113

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    29 Nov

    Judas tree (T1) - Crown reduce by 2.5m.

    ApprovedTree Works Notification in Con Area24/04470/TCA

Source: Bath

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