Rainbow Wood House , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 4 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/04417/FUL Granted

  Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

  Installation of ground mounted solar array and ground source heat pump closed loop underground borehole array, with landscaping

  Decided 27 Mar 2026 Full applications
• 25/03131/TC5 Granted

  Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

  Oak Tree - Remove high canopy and leave the trunk as a habitat monolith

  Decided 7 Aug 2025 Trees
• 24/04676/TC5 Granted

  Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

  Lime tree - reduce damaged leader, remove twisted limb, tidy secondary damage to lower branches and prune back to nearest appropriate point

  Decided 19 Dec 2024 Trees

1. 3 Dec 2025

   Received by Bath and North East Somerset

2. 4 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 4 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent

4. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Bath and North East Somerset granted permission on 4 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

• Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

  25/03131/TC5 Submitted 7 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Oak Tree - Remove high canopy and leave the trunk as a habitat monolith

  Granted Trees

• Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AX

  24/04676/TC5 Submitted 18 Dec 2024 50 yards away

  Lime tree - reduce damaged leader, remove twisted limb, tidy secondary damage to lower branches and prune back to nearest appropriate point

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AU

  21/02799/TCA Submitted 14 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  4 no. Ash (G1, G2, T5 and T6) - advanced Ash Dieback - remove. Beech (T3) - reduce limb growing towards cables by 4m (north side of canopy). Lime (T4) - prune back laterals on north side of canopy by 2-3m and clear cables by 2m.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Rainbow Wood House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AU

  19/05117/TCA Submitted 25 Nov 2019 50 yards away

  T1 Ash - remove.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Fairstowe House , Prospect Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AY

  24/03701/TC5 Submitted 2 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  Ash tree (dead) - Remove.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Macaulay Cottage , Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT

  23/01201/VAR Submitted 27 Mar 2023 200 yards away

  Variation of condition 22 (Plans List) of application 20/04516/FUL (Erection of a dwelling following demolition of existing one and a half storey dwelling).

  Granted Amendments New dwelling Demolition 5 docs
  Domestic

• 26/03602/TP5 Awaiting decision

  Holiday Inn Express Hotel, Brougham Hayes, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QU

  T1 - Lime - Crown lift by 2.5m due to limbs overhanging footpath and encroaching road

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/03599/TC5 Awaiting decision

  19 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS

  T1 - Japanese Cedar - Remove due to significant lean towards house, roots have become visible, and concern that tree will fall

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/03576/TCA Awaiting decision

  11 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QN

  False Cypress T1 - fell to ground level and grind out the stump.

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/03045/TCA Granted

  118B Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SD

  T1- Cypress - fell/reduce to a height of 2m.

  Received 12 Aug, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Trees
• 26/03560/TCA Awaiting decision

  Kilkenny House , 25 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UN

  Yew - reduction by 5-6m.

  Received 16 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees