4 Sydenham Road Cotham Bristol BS6 5SH
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Sycamore - Reduce crown by approx 2-2.5m, lift crown to approx 4m clearance above road, cut back from building to approx 2m clearance.
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Cotham
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated13 Mar
- Consult.Consultation3 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Sydenham Road Cotham Bristol BS6 5SH. 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 Cotham and Redland conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Cotham. We hold 585 applications in total for the BS6 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
- BS6 5SH
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishopston, Cotham And Redland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14779071
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Cotham and Redland
- Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 159 to 165 and Attached Front Garden Walls and PiersOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…+1 more
- 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.
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