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The Nesting 20 Pitchcombe Gardens Bristol BS9 2RH

26/13416/VPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 18 September 2026

Council decision: GRANTED

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T22 - Ash - Reduce 0.25m diameter stem growing over road with 7 dead branches by 4m to leave 2 functional lateral branches growing from the same stem. Shorten each retained side branch of this stem by 1.5m. Remove deadwood from tree's crown down to 0.03m diameter at attachment. To reduce leverage of large stem on heavily weighted side of trees crown and reduce likelihood of failure from its parent stem with suspected Inonotus hispidus. (TPO 1158/R).

Received
13 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 11 October 2026
Ward
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Nesting 20 Pitchcombe Gardens Bristol BS9 2RH. Bristol has handled 2,566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingsweston and Trym Valley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston. We hold 2,406 applications in total for the BS9 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
BS9 2RH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Avonmouth And Lawrence Weston

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2026
Target decision date
7 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15155888
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kingsweston and Trym Valley
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref TP1158/RProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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