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56 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PT

24/P/1989/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 November 2024

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

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

Proposal

T1: Reduce magnolia by 2m and reshape.

Received
26 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Agent
Drinkwater Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 56 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PT. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Weston-super-Mare Hillside. We hold 2,070 applications in total for the BS23 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
BS23 2PT
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Drinkwater Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Poplar Cottage Tarnock BS26 2SL

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.

  • Conservation area: Boulevard/Montpelier+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Mar

    T1: Fell cotoneaster tree

    ApprovedWorks to trees - Conservation Area26/P/0664/TRCA

Source: North Somerset

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