4 Chapel Hill Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PW

23/P/0402/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 April 2023

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

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

Proposal

x1 Conifer crown reduction by 5 meters. Location of tree marked with blue X in Plan 0.1 in attached documentation.

Received: 21 February 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: North Somerset
Ward: Backwell

ReceivedReceived21 Feb
ValidatedValidated21 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided17 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Chapel Hill Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PW. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Backwell Farleigh conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3PW
Application type: Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 February 2023

Additional information

Documents: 4

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 Farleigh
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

Source: North Somerset

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