Planning application
75 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Pear tree - Fell to a low stump following its death, to prevent any risk to adjacent property and vehicles parked on Byron Road.
As published by the council, reference 25/02976/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02976/TCA
- Type
- Tree Works Notification in Con Area
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 28 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Widcombe And Lyncombe
- Postcode
- BA2 4RG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bath and North East Somerset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02976/TC5 Granted
75 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Pear tree - Fell to a low stump following its death
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jul 2025
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bath and North East Somerset took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bath and North East Somerset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bath and North East Somerset decided tree works applications in a median of 36 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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75 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Pear tree - Fell to a low stump following its death
Granted Trees -
73 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Discharge of condition 3 of application 22/04452/FUL (Loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front and erection of one storey rear infill extension with raised decking.).
Granted Conditions Extension Loft or dormer 4 docs -
73 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Non Material Amendment to application 22/04452/FUL (Loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front and erection of one storey rear infill extension with raised decking).
Granted Amendments Extension Loft or dormer -
Konkers , 1 Byron Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RH
Yew - remove epicormic growth to 2m, light crown raise to 3m. Crab Apples - reduce by 1-2m to shape.
Granted Trees -
74 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RQ
Change of Use from a 6 Bedroom HMO (Use Class C4) to a 5 Bedroom Dwelling House (Use Class C3) (Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Use).
Granted Lawful development 5 docsDomestic -
55 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RG
Crab Apple T1 - reduce height by 3m to reshape and balance. Magnolia T2 - reduce height by 3m to reshape and balance. Prunus sp. T3 - reduce height by 2m to reshape and balance.
Granted Trees
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