Colstons Collegiate School Bell Hill Bristol BS16 1BJ
Approved on 20 November 2013
Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1. Sycamores- around the rear field- reduce by 50% and 2. Poplars- adjacent to neighbours property- reduce by 3m.
- Received
- 9 October 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Eastville
- ReceivedReceived9 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Oct
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Colstons Collegiate School Bell Hill Bristol BS16 1BJ. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. The site is in the Stapleton and Frome Valley conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Eastville. We hold 1,712 applications in total for the BS16 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
- BS16 1BJ
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Greater Fishponds
- District
- Greater Fishponds
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 October 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 6 November 2013
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 October 2013
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 October 2013
- Target decision date
- 20 November 2013
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 October 2013
- Site notice end
- 6 November 2013
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-02940525
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Stapleton and Frome Valley
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20152 Jul
Various tree works as described in the accompanying Arboricultural Report dated March 2015.
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas15/03420/VC - 201527 Jan
Fell a dead Acacia tree located near a school teaching block.
ApprovedDead/Dying/Dangerous trees15/00404/VD - 201416 Oct
Plane tree (T1) - crown reduce by 30% and thin by 10%; Lime tree (small)(T2) - Crown lift and reduce over car…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas14/05131/VC
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