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18 R L Stevenson Avenue Bournemouth BH4 8EG

P/26/03082/TCATree work in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 August 2026

Council decision: No objections raisedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Cypress - Reduce the height by 3m and shape. Reduce section of fallen out branches by 1.5m to a suitable growing point. T2 - Cypress - Reduce the height by 3m and shape T3 - Bay - Reduce branches overhanging neighbouring property by 1.5m to boundary fence line and up to a height of 5m from ground level. T4 - Sycamore - Remove 1 branch that’s hanging over the neighbouring property back to boundary fence line, branch is around 4m long. T5 - Eucalyptus - Reduce the height by 2m and shape. T6 - Eucalyptus - Reduce the height by 1m and shape.

Received
2 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westbourne & West Cliff
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 R L Stevenson Avenue Bournemouth BH4 8EG. BCP has handled 4,888 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 2 weeks quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Westbourne conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Westbourne & West Cliff. We hold 220 applications in total for the BH4 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
BH4 8EG
Application type
Tree work in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 Redcliffe Close Burton Christchurch BH237NA

Planning decision

Case officer
Samuel Bottomley

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Westbourne
  • 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 (21)

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, 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: BCP

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