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The Watch House 70A Nore Road Portishead BS20 8DU

26/P/0281/TPOWorks to TPOApproved

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

T1 - Lawson Cypress, remove to ground level. T2 - Leylandii Cypress, crown reduce by 1.5 meters and rebalance crown. T3 - Portuguese Laurel, crown reduce up to 1.5 meters and rebalance. T4 - Portuguese Laurel, crown reduce up to 1.5 meters and rebalance. G5 - 3 Leylandii cypress, remove to ground level. T6 - 1 Lawson Cypress, remove to ground level.

Received
9 February 2026
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead West
Agent
Landbased Services Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Watch House 70A Nore Road Portishead BS20 8DU. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 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 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 March 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Landbased Services Ltd
Agent address
2 Clarence Road East Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BT

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.

  • 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.

Source: North Somerset

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