Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 1 - 3 Downside Road Bristol BS8 2XE
Approved on 21 August 2025
Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Sycamore - 1.5m crown reduction. T2 - Holly - Cut back to clear building by approx 1m. T3 - Ash - Fell.
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Clifton Down
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation20 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided21 Aug
Decided in 17 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 1 - 3 Downside Road Bristol BS8 2XE. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2XE
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central, Clifton And Harbourside
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14226069
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Clifton
- Listed building: Grade II: Drinking Fountain at Junction With Upper Belgrave Road and Clifton Down RoadOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref TP1255Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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