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97 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BH

22/P/1980/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 September 2022

Council decision: No objection (tree/hed) unconditionalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Leyland Cypress - reduce to their previous trim; We will prune back the sides without spoiling them; Eucalypus at rear of property - Fell to patio level; Irish and Common Yew to the side of the property - trim back over the wall and remove dead branches in the common yew; Judas Tree - remove dead branches; Robinia - fell to approx 6 feet; Laurel - along the boundary of the property - prune back to lawn edge. - Leylandi - there are several tall trees at the front of the property which now overhang the pavement. These have been reduced in the past but have now bulked out again. The trees need to be reduced to their previous trim. We will prune back the sides without spoiling them. - Eucalypus Tree at rear of property. This large tree is now dangerously close to the house having grown tall and started to lean. Fell to patio level. - Irish and Common Yew - to the side of the property. Trim back over the wall and remove dead branches in the common yew. - Judas Tree - remove dead branches - Robinia Tree - Large compromised robinia is now hazardous to neighbouring property. Fell to approx 6 feet. - Laurel trees - along the boundary of the property. Prune back to lawn edge.

Received
13 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 97 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BH. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Backell West Town conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,555 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS48 3BH
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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: Backwell West Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: West Town HouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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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