The Watch House 70A Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DU

23/P/1892/TPOWorks to TPOApproved

Approved on 3 November 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Leyland Cypress & Laurel - Reduce height by 3m down to old points. Hazel Reduce height by 2-2.5m. Cypress Reduce height by 3m

Received: 1 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Somerset
Ward: Portishead West

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Watch House 70A Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DU. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Portishead West. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the BS20 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: BS20 8DU
Application type: Works to TPO
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address: Units 22-25 Cross Lanes Farm Cross Lanes Pill BS20 0JJ

Additional information

Comments: 0
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.

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Source: North Somerset

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