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Rectory Cottage, Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG

21/02360/TCATree Works Notification in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 June 2021

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONNon-Planning applications

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Beech (T3) - Reduce crown height by approx. 4-5m. Reduce end weight on primary limb on eastern crown stem by selective thinning of secondary growth by 30% and reduction of up to 1.5m. Reshape and balance. Retain all internal growth. Copper beech (T4) - Light crown reduction of 1-2m height and 1m lateral extent. Reshape. Beech (T9) - Remove damaged stem. Formative prune. Crown lift to 4m over Anchor Lane. Common ash (Ts. 6, 7 & 11) - Fell. (Advanced Ash Dieback). Leyland cypress (G8 (6no. trees) & T10) - Fell.

Received
16 May 2021
Decision level
Non-Planning applications
Ward
Bathavon South
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rectory Cottage, Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG. Bath has handled 1,183 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Combe Hay conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across Bathavon South. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA2 7EG
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Combe Hay

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2021
Consultation expiry
9 June 2021
Consultation start
18 May 2021
Consultation end
9 June 2021
Target decision date
28 June 2021
Permission expires
10 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cutlers Green Chewton Mendip Radstock BA3 4NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09843708
UPRN
010001134966
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Combe Hay
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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