Planning application
The Cottage Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Manna Ash 5C - Remove one damaged branch by approx 4m, making a clean cut just below the point of storm damage. Reduce the adjacent secondary branch to approximately the same height to maintain a balanced crown structure. The works are proposed to improve the tree?s stability and to remove the potential risk posed by overhanging limbs above the pedestrian walkway below in parsonage court. The branch previously split and fell into parsonage during recent storms.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/0599/TRCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/0599/TRCA
- Type
- Works to trees - Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- No objection (tree/hed) unconditional
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Portishead South
- Parish
- Portishead
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BS20 6PU
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Somerset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/P/0780/LBC Granted
The Cottage Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Listed Building Consent for the upgrade and relocation of existing gas main and meter.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by North Somerset
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18 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Apr 2026
Decision issued: No objection (tree/hed) unconditional
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- TREE OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- TREE SITE LOCATION PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
North Somerset granted permission on 23 April 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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