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Arnos Vale Cemetery Bath Road Brislington Bristol BS4 3EW

23/02873/VCWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 & T2 - Italian Cypress x 2 - Fell. T3 - Cherry Laurel - 50% Reduction. T4 - Cherry Laurel - Coppice 2 large stems. T5 - English Oak - Remove one dead limb and lowest live limb back to main stem, reduce higher side branches by c.3m back to boundary. T6 - Sycamore - c.4m reduction of side branches back to boundary. T7 & T8 - Elm x 2 - Fell. T3321 & T3322 - Norway Maple x 2 - Crown lift to 3m.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knowle
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Arnos Vale Cemetery Bath Road Brislington Bristol BS4 3EW. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Arnos Vale conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Knowle. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the BS4 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
BS4 3EW
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Filwood, Knowle And Windmill Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2023
Consultation expiry
30 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 August 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
30 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12331444
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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