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Holy Trinity Church Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4ST

25/15130/VPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T3 - Copper Beech - Reduce the north side of the tree by up to 1.5m back to previous pruning points. (TPO 1021/R)

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clifton
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holy Trinity Church Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4ST. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 224 applications across Clifton. 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 4ST
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14516017
Documents
4
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Clifton
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of Holy TrinityOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    25 Nov

    T3 - Copper Beech - Reduce the north side of the tree by up to 1.5m back to previous pruning points. (TPO…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/15130/VP
  2. 2025
    25 Nov

    T1 & T2 - London Plane x 2 - Re-pollard by up to 7m back to previous pollard points. T4 - Cotoneaster - Fell.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasFiled alongside25/15131/VC

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