Colstons Collegiate School Bell Hill Bristol BS16 1BJ
Approved on 24 November 2014
Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Plane tree (T1) - crown reduce by 30% and thin by 10%; Lime tree (small)(T2) - Crown lift and reduce over car park; Conifer (T3) - fell; and 3 Lime trees (G1) - crown reduce by 30%, and thin by 10%.
- Received
- 16 October 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Eastville
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided24 Nov
Decided in 39 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 39 days, 3 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Stapleton and Frome Valley conservation area. 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
- 16 October 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 12 November 2014
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2014
- Permission expires
- 24 November 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 October 2014
- Site notice end
- 12 November 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03735762
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 8
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 - 20139 Oct
1. Sycamores- around the rear field- reduce by 50% and 2. Poplars- adjacent to neighbours property- reduce by…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas13/04680/VC
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