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Ashton, 26 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG

26/00040/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1T Horse Chestnut - To reduce the branches overextending from the neighbouring back to boundary (0.5m). 3T Sycamore - To reduce the crown of the tree by roughly 2.5-3m this will reduce the boughs that are overextending the carport. Ash tree - To crown raise the boughs of the neighbouring Ash tree to clear roughly 6m overhead. 7T Dead Tree - failed due to Honey Fungus. Fell. 12T Pittosporum - Reduce by up to 0.5m. 13G Pears - To fell. 14T, 15T, 16T, 17G Hazel - Coppice to just below fence height. 18T Apple - Reduce the Apple by up to 2.5/3m to balance the weight in the crown. 19T Hazel - Coppice to just below fence height. 20T Apple - To reduce by roughly 3-4m to free the tree from a Holly that is overextending from road and thin the crown by roughly 20%. Overextending Holly - reduce back to boundary the overextending branches. 21G Hazel - To coppice the Hazels in 21G to roughly fence height. 22T Sycamore - Fell. 23T Yew - To reduce the Yew by roughly 1.5-2m to maintain the trees size. 24T Hazel - To coppice that is growing in amongst the Yew tree to roughly 5ft. 25T Prunus - To fell. 26T Maple - To reduce the Maple tree by roughly 2.5m to remove the crossing branches and deadwood. 27T Willow - To fell. 28T Magnolia - To reduce by roughly 1.5m. 29T Apple - To fell. 30T Pear - Fell. 31T Prunus - Reduce by roughly 1.5-2m. 32G 2 x Leylandii - Fell. 32G, 33G Hazels - To coppice to roughly fence height. 34T Sycamore - To reduce by roughly 1.5-2m.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Lansdown
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ashton , 26 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5SG
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026
Permission expires
9 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o L Hiscutt 42 Hawcroft Holt Bradford On Avon BA14 6RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14566080
UPRN
100120026393

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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