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Wayside Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW

26/P/0500/TRCAWorks to trees - Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: No objection (tree/hed) unconditional

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

Proposal

T1, Sycamore - A crown reduction by up to 1.5 metres on the southern aspect, to maintain clearance from the utility lines and to balance the canopy from where it has been heavily reduced by utility companies. T2, Cherry Laurel, several stems forming one large rounded canopy - Reduce the several stems back to previous reduction points at approx. 50% height and trim the sides to form. T3, Group of small Maple trees which have been heavily reduced by another party, appearing in a cyclical fashion - lightly prune reshape (1m max.) each tree to maintain a balance and aesthetically pleasing form, and to generate space between each tree to avoid pleaching. T4, Skinny, tall stemmed Ash with suspect Stage 4 Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, situated on the edge of the applicants property boundary and adjacent to the neighbour's garage - fell to a standing habitat monolith at 3 metres, and cut a bat roost habitat into the stem.

Received
6 March 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Blagdon And Churchill
Agent
Rowan Elwell Tree Services
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wayside Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW. North Somerset has handled 1,831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Blagdon conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Blagdon And Churchill. We hold 2,269 applications in total for the BS40 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
BS40 7TW
Application type
Works to trees - Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blagdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rowan Elwell Tree Services
Agent address
14A Eaton Close Fishponds Bristol BS16 3XL

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: Blagdon
  • National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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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