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42 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BU

26/P/0454/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: No objection (tree/hed) unconditional

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

Proposal

(T1) Rowen tree fell to ground level due to wall damage

Received
2 March 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BU. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2BU
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

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: Birnbeck+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare+1 more
  • 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.

Source: North Somerset

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