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98 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BE

26/P/1498/TRCAApproved

Approved on 17 September 2026

Council decision: No objection (tree/hed) unconditional

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

Proposal

T1 -Mixed species group T2 - Ash T3 - Ash T4 - Ash T5 - Ash T1- Hazel (common)- Remove The tree works are proposed to stop the influence of the tree(s) on the soil below building foundation level and provide long term stability.

Received
17 July 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 2 November 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 59 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 98 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BE. North Somerset has handled 17,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Backell West Town conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,555 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BS48 3BE
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jason Cox

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.

  • Conservation area: Backwell West Town
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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