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Lower Farmhouse, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AQ

26/00844/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

Yew tree - reduce overall size of crown by one-third and lift crown to height of guttering on west side - to reduce the height of the trees crown to 8 metres above ground level and propose to raise the base of the crown by 1m.

Received
4 March 2026
Ward
Saltford
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lower Farmhouse, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AQ. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Corston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Saltford. 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 9AQ
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corston

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14754314
UPRN
010001133723

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: Corston
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • 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, 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, 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.

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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