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65 Sommerville Road Bristol BS7 9AD

25/15254/VPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Lime - Crown reduction back to previous pruning points. (TPO 1330)

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishopston & Ashley Down
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 65 Sommerville Road Bristol BS7 9AD. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Bishopston & Ashley Down. We hold 346 applications in total for the BS7 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
BS7 9AD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopston, Cotham And Redland

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14538314
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 North
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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.

Source: Bristol

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