Planning application
2 Hicks Field, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Sycamore- fell by sectional dismantle
As published by the council, reference 26/03371/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03371/TCA
- Type
- Tree Works Notification in Con Area
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Lambridge
- Postcode
- BA1 7BZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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8 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 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
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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.
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Granted Conditions 4 docs -
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Granted Trees -
Avon Rugby Club, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DD
Discharge of condition 6 of application 21/01310/FUL (Erection of temporary contractor's compound for site works at Cleveland Pools, Hampton Row, Bath. (Retrospective))
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The Bailbrook Lodge Hotel, 35 - 37 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HZ
Change of use to reinstate 2no. former dwellings in lieu of existing hotel use.
Granted Full applications -
The Bailbrook Lodge Hotel, 35 - 37 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HZ
Internal and external alterations for the change of use to reinstate 2no. former dwellings in lieu of existing hotel use.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings
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