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Holy Trinity Church Hotwell Road Hotwells Bristol BS8 4ST

02/00944/VPTree Preservation OrderRefused

Refused on 29 August 2003

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Height reduction of Luccombe Oak by 25%, crown reduction of Silver Birch by 30% and crown reduction of European Lime by 40%, the subject of Tree Preservation Order no. 770.

Received
12 March 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Clifton
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 535 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holy Trinity Church Hotwell Road Hotwells Bristol BS8 4ST. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 535 days, 70 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 224 applications across Clifton. We hold 3,845 applications in total for the BS8 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS8 4ST
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2002
Consultation expiry
1 May 2002
Consultation start
19 March 2002
Neighbour consultation start
10 April 2002
Neighbour consultation end
1 May 2002
Target decision date
7 May 2002
Committee meeting
27 August 2003
Application expires
17 April 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 March 2002
Advertisement expiry
17 April 2002
Site notice start
27 March 2002
Site notice end
17 April 2002

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: Clifton
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of Holy TrinityOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2002
    12 Mar

    Crown reduction of Prunus' Kanzan' to a height of 4 metres and crown reduction of Silver Birch by 30%

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasFiled alongside02/00911/VC
  2. 2002
    12 Mar

    Height reduction of Luccombe Oak by 25%, crown reduction of Silver Birch by 30% and crown reduction of…

    This applicationRefusedTrees02/00944/VP

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