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8 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HY

26/00236/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Cypress T1 - reduce the height by 3.5m. Acer T2 - prune back 1.2m width at the most on the South East side.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Lambridge
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HY. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 7HY
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026
Permission expires
17 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Mr Neill Gretton Unit 119 3 Edgar Buildings George Street Bath Bath And North East Somerset BA1 2FJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14643714
UPRN
100120017645

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.

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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© 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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