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Springfield House, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA

26/02194/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T01- Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)- Crown lift to allow 5 metres clear crown height over the driveway, Crown lift to allow 4 metres clear crown height over the front garde and reduce extended limbs in all directions back by approximately 2 metres to achieve a uniform columnar crown shape.

Received
8 June 2026
Ward
Chew Valley
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Springfield House , The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA. Bath has handled 391 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 Compton Martin conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Chew Valley. We hold 2,266 applications in total for the BS40 postcode area.

100% of tree works notification in con area 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
BS40 6JA
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compton Martin

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2026
Consultation expiry
2 July 2026
Consultation start
11 June 2026
Consultation end
2 July 2026
Target decision date
20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Hillside Villas Pensford Hill Pensford Bristol BS39 4AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14994504
UPRN
100120053373

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Compton Martin
  • National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
  • 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 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, 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.

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