43 Old Sneed Road Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 1ES

02/00682/VPTree Preservation OrderRefused

Proposal

Reduce height by 25-30% and width by 20% and tidy poorly pruned limbs of a Common Beech tree nearest the house in rear garden (Protected by Tree Preservation Order No. 633).

Received: 25 February 2002
Decided: 7 August 2002 · REFUSED
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bristol City Council
Ward: Stoke Bishop

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

ReceivedSubmitted25 Feb
ValidatedValidated15 May
Consult.Consultation3 Jul
TargetTarget Date10 Jul
DecidedDecided7 Aug

Decided in 84 days (council typically 42)

6 weeks typical decision time in Bristol99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 43 Old Sneed Road Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 1ES. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 163 days, 18 weeks longer than Bristol's median. The site is in the Sneyd Park conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Stoke Bishop. We hold 2,360 applications in total for the BS9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

02/00682/VP

Address

43 Old Sneed Road Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 1ES

Postcode

BS9 1ES

Local Authority

Bristol

Application Type

Tree Preservation Order

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Rejected

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Stoke Bishop

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

25 February 2002

Consultation Expiry

3 July 2002

Target Decision Date

10 July 2002

Date Decided

7 August 2002

Date Validated

15 May 2002

Date Submitted

25 February 2002

Consultation Start

20 May 2002

Neighbour Consultation Start

12 June 2002

Neighbour Consultation End

3 July 2002

Application Expires

19 June 2002

Decision Issued

8 August 2002

Planning Decision

Decision

REFUSED

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised

29 May 2002

Advertisement Expiry

19 June 2002

Site Notice Start

29 May 2002

Site Notice End

19 June 2002

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.479004, -2.636792

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bristol

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Sneyd Park
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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