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Elmcroft 8 Prospect Close Winterbourne Down South Gloucestershire BS36 1BD

P26/00258/TREWorks to TreesRefused

Refused on 3 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Works to reduce height of 1.no Sycamore Tree (T1) to 16 metres, reduce overhanging branches by 5 metres to provide clearance and crown thin by 15-20%. Covered by Tree Preservation Order 23 dated 31st December 1973.

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Winterbourne
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elmcroft 8 Prospect Close Winterbourne Down South Gloucestershire BS36 1BD. South Gloucestershire has handled 890 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Winterbourne. We hold 1,300 applications in total for the BS36 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed works would be detrimental to the long term heath of the tree and have a detrimental impact on the future visual amenity of the locality. PLEASE NOTE: The council holds a definitive copy of this planning decision notice. You should be aware of the risk that subsequent copies of the decision notice may be subject to unauthorised alteration and if necessary you are advised to refer to the council for verification. The definitive copy can be viewed via the council’s planning website.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BS36 1BD
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winterbourne Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14677488
Documents
6
Constraints
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 0055Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 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

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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