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16 Alexandra Road Clifton Bristol BS8 2DD

25/13234/VCWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 12 August 2025

Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Silver Birch - Remove 2 limbs over driveway. T2 - Plum - Crown reduce by approx 1.5m and remove large limb overhanging neighbours drive. T3 - Silver Birch - Reduce height by approx 2.5m.

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clifton Down
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 20 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Alexandra Road Clifton Bristol BS8 2DD. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Whiteladies Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Clifton Down. 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 2DD
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2025
Target decision date
3 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14197864
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whiteladies Road
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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