Planning application
Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
2no. Chestnuts in car park to remove (tag number 756 and 755) and 3no. Silver Birch in carpark to remove (tag numbers 759 757 and 758) for more car parking spaces.
As published by the council, reference 26/03180/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03180/TCA
- Type
- Tree Works Notification in Con Area
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 21 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Widcombe And Lyncombe
- Postcode
- BA2 4NF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 October 2026, 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
The process from here
This application is with Bath and North East Somerset for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Prior Park Garden Centre, Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
0607, 0608 and 0610 eucalyptus to be removed. 0624 sycamore - remove multi stemmed/ivy clad. Significant decay 1m above ground. 0627 white willow - to remove limb over garden Center. 0631 and 0632 Ash - remove signs of dieback. 0634 hazel - re-coppice. 0646, 0647, 0649, 0656 and 0659 alder - remove. 0648, 0652 and 0655 white willow - remove. 0650, 0657 and 0658 poplar - remove. 0651, 0653 and 0654 silver birch - removed.
Granted Trees -
Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Poplar - fell.
Granted Trees -
Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
T1 -re-pollard and reduce by 3 metres below the present height of the pollard points.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
57% historically approved · decision due ~18 Sep
Discharge of condition 3 of application 25/04382/FUL (Erection of extension (for use as kitchen and food store) after demolition of existing outbuildings, upgrades to the pergola, and landscaping works to improve existing seasonal outdoor seating spaces).
Awaiting decision Conditions Extension Demolition -
Prior Park Garden Centre , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Erection of extension (for use as kitchen and food store) after demolition of existing outbuildings, upgrades to the pergola, and landscaping works to improve existing seasonal outdoor seating spaces.
Granted Full applications Extension Demolition -
19 Prior Park Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NP
T1 - Copper Beech Tree. Reduce the height by 3 metres.
Granted Trees 3 docs
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In Bath and North East Somerset
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26/02789/TCA Granted
Park House , Station Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BN
T1 - Willow - Re-pollard to previous points.
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26/02862/TCA Granted
Cleve Cottage , 5 High Street, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ED
Silver Birch - fell.
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26/03335/TCA Awaiting decision
Garden Flat, 93 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Mulberry - control crown growth to reduce sail and weight.
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26/03330/TCA Awaiting decision
Bathford House , 31 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RR
Beech Hedge 1- reduce hedge along the back to trim regrowth. Beech Hedge 2 - reduce hedge along the back to trim regrowth. Leylandii Hedge - reduce the conifer section of the hedge to trim regrowth. Laurel Hedge - cut hedging back to the step railings, reduce in height by approximately 15%.
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26/03336/TCA Awaiting decision
30 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Acer Drummondii - reduce the crown to previous regeneration points.