Planning application
Grange Cottage Uphill Road South Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4TX
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1: Remove dying sycamore tree to ground level.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/1669/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/1669/TPO
- Type
- Works to TPO
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Weston-super-Mare Uphill
- Parish
- Weston-super-Mare
- Postcode
- BS23 4TX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by North Somerset
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8 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 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.
North Somerset took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Drinkwater Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Weston-Super-Mare
Active · incorporated 2015 · Weston-Super-Mare
70 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 88% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with North Somerset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Somerset decided tree works applications in a median of 63 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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