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77 - 79 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH

24/P/2137/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 November 2024

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

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

Proposal

(T1) Goat Willow: Pollard back to old points (3m). (T2) Silver birch: Clear crown away from neighbouring property by up to 2m.

Received
10 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 77 - 79 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks 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
11 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13 Hilldale Road Backwell BS48 3JJ

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 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

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.

Source: North Somerset

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