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Towerhurst Church Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PG

25/P/0882/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 June 2025

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

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

Proposal

T1 Yew T2 Yew T3 Yew T4 Leylandii. Reduce the height of all four above trees by 2 meters and the radial spread on Towerhurst side by 2 meters. Prune back the profile on Woodlands (neighbouring property) side by 0.5 meters.

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Long Ashton
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Towerhurst Church Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PG. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Leighwoods conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across Long Ashton. We hold 3,847 applications in total for the BS8 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
BS8 3PG
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Ashton

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Bristol Branch
Agent address
14 The Pentagon Sea Mills Bristol BS9 2ER

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: Leighwoods
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO50_A1
  • Green belt: North Somerset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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