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16 Long-thorn Backwell BS48 3GY

25/P/1944/TPOWorks to TPOApproved

Approved on 5 December 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - English oak - Following partial fracture of lapsed pollard tree at the pollard head, reduce the length of the upright, central stems (approximately 6 stems) by 1.5m in length/height. Shape the remaining crown by reducing the remaining stems by 4m to 5m of their length to leave a balanced and attractive crown shape.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
Agent
Barton Hyett Associates
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Long-thorn Backwell BS48 3GY. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 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 3GY
Application type
Works to TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barton Hyett Associates
Agent address
Office 11 Unit 22 Lansdown Industrial Estate Cheltenham GL51 8PL

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Jul

    Proposed erection of a single storey front porch extension.

    ApprovedApplication26/P/1590/FUH

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