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Withymead Playing Fields Withymead Road Marshfield South Gloucestershire SN14 8PA

P25/00276/TCATrees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 March 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to 2no. groups of mixed trees comprising of Sycamore, hazel, elder and hawthorn. Cut back lower branches overhanging the 'play fort' back to previous points, and cut back lower branches encroaching into the 'zip line' back to previous points (up to 1m), in Marshfield Conservation Area.

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boyd Valley
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Withymead Playing Fields Withymead Road Marshfield South Gloucestershire SN14 8PA. South Gloucestershire has handled 890 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. The site is in the Marshfield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Boyd Valley. We hold 2,034 applications in total for the SN14 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
SN14 8PA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marshfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Last date for comments
28 February 2025
Target decision date
21 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13746301
Documents
6
Constraints
46

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: Marshfield Conservation Area
  • Green belt: South Gloucestershire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: South Gloucestershire

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