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St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED

P/26/00128/TCATree work in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: No objections raisedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T101 - Common Sycamore – Sectional dismantle to main union. T102 - Sycamore – Overall height reduction by 3 – 4m back to suitable growth points. Reduce lateral spread by 1.5m to shape.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Cliff & Springbourne
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED. BCP has handled 4,888 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 6 weeks quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the East Cliff conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across East Cliff & Springbourne. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH1 3ED
Application type
Tree work in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 The Vale Hythe Southampton Hampshire SO45 5ET

Additional information

Documents
4

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: East Cliff
  • Listed building: Grade II: Earl'S CourtOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Jan

    T8 Scots Pine - Sectional dismantle to ground level. T14 Scots Pine – Sectional dismantle to ground level…

    ApprovedTree work to tree/s subject to a TPOFiled alongsideP/26/00127/TTPO
  2. 2026
    13 Jan

    T101 - Common Sycamore – Sectional dismantle to main union. T102 - Sycamore – Overall height reduction by 3 –…

    This applicationApprovedTreesP/26/00128/TCA

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