Planning application
Main Building, Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Crown lift the following trees to 5.2m for a highway clearance - 3 x Tilia sp, 1 x Prunus laurocerasus, 1 x Acer pseudoplatanus.
As published by the council, reference 26/03134/TC5
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03134/TC5
- Type
- Tree Works in Con Area 5 days
- Status
- TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent
- Decision
- TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent
- Received
- 18 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Lansdown
- Decision by
- Non-Planning applications
- Postcode
- BA1 5RG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bath and North East Somerset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02541/LBA Awaiting decision
Main Building, Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RG
Urgent stabilisation works to the curtilage listed retaining wall forming the southern boundary of Kingswood School along Hamilton Road.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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20 Aug 2026
Decision issued: TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent
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22 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bath and North East Somerset granted permission on 20 August 2026, 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.
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.
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