Former Car Park College Road Clifton Bristol BS8 3HX

26/12829/VCWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Preservation Order NOT REQUIRED

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

Proposal

T12 - Incense Cedar - Crown reduction to previous level (7m above ground).

Received: 6 July 2026
Council: Bristol City Council
Ward: Clifton

ReceivedReceived6 Jul
ValidatedValidated6 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Aug
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 25 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Former Car Park College Road Clifton Bristol BS8 3HX. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area. There have been 5 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 3HX
Application type: Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 July 2026
Target decision date: 17 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15056910
Documents: 5
Constraints: 9

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
Article 4 direction: Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Brownfield land register: Former Car Park College Road Clifton Bristol BS8 3HXRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bristol

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