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Farthing Cottage, Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UF

26/00341/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 March 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Populus Tremula (Aspen) - reduce height by up to half, remove lower branches to rebalance over all shape.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Bathavon South
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Farthing Cottage , Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UF. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across Bathavon South. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 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
BA2 7UF
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freshford

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026
Permission expires
10 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651474
UPRN
100120049629

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Freshford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Brae Cottage Farthings CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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 (17)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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