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Hilltop Cottage Hillview Road Loxton BS26 2XJ

26/P/1716/TRCAApproved

Approved on 6 October 2026

Council decision: No objection (tree/hed) unconditional

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

Proposal

T1 - 24 Ash Trees - trees are suffering from Ash Die Back, all have less than 50% foliage cover. All require felling as are in reach of footpath and are therefore a danger to the public. T2 - Ash Tree at rear of 3 Hill View Road, crown lift to 2.5 m, to allow space below for access.

Received
19 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Banwell And Winscombe
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 47 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Hilltop Cottage Hillview Road Loxton BS26 2XJ. North Somerset has handled 17,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Loxton conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Banwell And Winscombe. We hold 816 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BS26 2XJ
Parish
Loxton

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2026
Target decision date
1 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
James McCarthy

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.

  • Conservation area: Loxton
  • 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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