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4 California Farm California Road Oldland Common South Gloucestershire BS30 9XJ

P23/02281/TREWorks to TreesApproved

Approved on 5 September 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to fell 1no Beech tree, and to Crown reduce 2no. Beech trees by 2.5 metres to leave a final height of 17.5m (approx) and reduce radial spread by 1.5 metres to leave a final spread of 8.5m (approx) and to Crown lift to 3.5 metres covered by Tree Preservation order KTPO 01/80 dated 27/10/1980

Received
1 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Longwell Green
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 California Farm California Road Oldland Common South Gloucestershire BS30 9XJ. South Gloucestershire has handled 890 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Longwell Green. We hold 2,774 applications in total for the BS30 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at South Gloucestershire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS30 9XJ
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Oldland Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Last date for comments
25 August 2023
Target decision date
28 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 St Edyths Road Sea Mills Bristol BS9 2EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12357034
Documents
5
Constraints
58

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1083Protected tree on or next to this site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    10 Dec

    Erection of 1no dwelling with garage, parking and associated works.

    WithdrawnFull PlanningP19/18521/F

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