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53 Dark Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NT

23/P/0752/TPOWorks to TPOApproved

Approved on 14 July 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 False Acacia -crown reduce by approx. 2m from branch ends to increase light penetration to underlying features. T2 Beech-crown reduce by approx. 2m from branch ends to increase light penetration to underlying features. T3 2 Beech adj gate-crown reduce by approx. 2m from branch ends to increase light penetration to underlying features. T4 Oak-Crown reduce by up to 1 m from branch ends to increase light penetration to underlying features. T5 33m of roadside hedge-Reduce to previous levels and remove any self seeded sycamore saplings to allow more light to the property adjacent.

Received
12 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
Agent
Fountain Treeworks Ltd
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 53 Dark Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NT. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,557 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 3NT
Application type
Works to TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fountain Treeworks Ltd
Agent address
Brockley Coombe Backwell Bristol Bristol BS48 5DF

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.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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