Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

Granted Conwy 0/53059 TPO Application

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

T8 - 1x decayed oak tree to top at 5m

As published by the council, reference 0/53059

Application record

Reference
0/53059
Type
TPO Application
Status
Granted As published: FINAL DECISION
Decision
Granted As published: Approved With Conditions
Received
5 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Rhiw
Parish
Cyngor Tref Colwyn Town Council
Decision by
Case Officer
Postcode
LL28 5UY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Conwy register

This site has had 11 applications since 2017: 10 approved, 0 refused.

  • 0/53335 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Construction of increased height of existing lower sections to East and West of centre arched section to existing aviary (Resubmission following withdrawal of previous application ref 0/52878)

    Decided 17 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • 0/53048 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    T1 & T2 Ash crown reduction above path T3 Beech decayed limb reduction above path T4 Laburnum decayed crown reduction above path T5 Oak limb reduction to avoid lemur escape T6 Pine leaning and rubbing adjacent tree to fell T7 Yew reduce to match adjacent topiary

    Submitted 3 Dec 2025 Trees
  • 0/52878 Withdrawn

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Construction of increased height of existing lower sections to East and West of centre arched section to existing aviary

    Submitted 29 Sep 2025 Full applications
  • 0/52812 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Change of use of ancillary residential accommodation to form additional offices

    Decided 15 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • 0/52098 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Change of use of existing sweet shop to visitor information centre. Construction of replacement sweet shop and covered outdoor amenity/activity facility on site of former snow leopard enclosure. Formation of stepped and ramped access to new facilities

    Decided 13 Jan 2025 Full applications
  • 0/52056 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Reduce Beech Tree by 25%

    Submitted 9 Oct 2024 Trees
  • 0/51916 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Variation of condtion no 1 of planning approval 0/49758 (Variation of condition no 1 of planning approval 0/37538 (New Centre for Wildlife Skills and Education) to allow for additional time for commencement of development) to allow additional time for commencement of development

    Decided 18 Dec 2024 Full applications
  • 0/50180 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Construction of boardwalk access adjacent to tigers and red squirrels in lieu of existing steps

    Decided 15 Mar 2023 Full applications
  • 0/49781 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy LL28 5UY

    Construction of single storey extension to existing souvenir shop

    Decided 8 Mar 2023 Full applications
  • 0/44171 Granted

    Welsh Mountain Zoo Old Highway Colwyn Bay Conwy Ll28 5UY

    Alterations and refurbishment of existing public toilet facility together with provision of new public toilet facilities beneath the Safari cafe/restaurant and means of access thereto with timber pagoda at junction of ramp saccess with existing path

    Decided 24 Nov 2017 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Dec 2025

    Received by Conwy

  2. 10 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 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.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Conwy granted permission, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

In Conwy

  • 0/53700 Awaiting decision

    1 Coed y Glyn Llanrhos Llandudno Conwy LL30 1JL

    T1 Sycamore - Crown reduction to line shown in Pic 1. T2 Beech - Remove (pic 2 and 3)

    Received 17 Sep, published by the council 28 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 0/53693 Awaiting decision

    51 Bryn Castell Abergele Conwy LL22 8QA

    1x Sycamore (tree tag 1169) - pollard to a height of 7-8m. 1x Lime (tree tag 1170) - pollard to a height of 7-8m. 1x Horse chestnut (tree tag 1171) - reduce height by 3m to pervious pruning points. 1x Oak (tree tag 1172) - reduce the length of long dead branches to retain remainder for wildlife.

    Received 10 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 0/53654 Awaiting decision

    Ty'n Coed The Close Llanfairfechan LL33 0AD

    Oak Tree (O1) to have 1 x large branch reduced. Please see images.

    Received 31 Aug, published by the council 6 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 0/53653 Awaiting decision

    Bryn Seion 27 Station Road Llanrwst Conwy LL26 0BT

    To crown reduce or fell one cypress in the front garden of No.27.

    Received 26 Aug, published by the council 6 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 0/53670 Awaiting decision

    Llwyn Onn Pant Yr Afon Penmaenmawr LL34 6BY

    To reduce 1 x Sycamore to height of 3.2m as annotated on the supporting photograph

    Received 24 Aug, published by the council 12 Sep 2026 Trees