Five Oaks Wells Road Chilcompton Wells BA3 4ET
Proposal
Growing within the hedgerow to the front of Five Oaks Chilcompton is a mature Ash tree with a TPO Ref M220. This application seeks to determine works to the larger Ash tree as follows1. To undertake a crown clean by the removal of deadwood and crossing branches identified during aerial tree works.2. To reduce the two limbs extending over the driveway entrance and garden back to suitable growth points. By a factor of no more than 30% with no wound created in excess of 50mm. An end weight reduction and thinning of the canopy to minimise levering moment and increase light penetration.
- Received
- 25 February 2016
- Decided
- 25 April 2016 · Approval with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Ashwick, Chilcompton And Stratton
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- ReceivedSubmitted25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated25 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 Apr
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided25 Apr
Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at Five Oaks Wells Road Chilcompton Wells BA3 4ET. Mendip has handled 765 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. This one was decided in 60 days, 13 days longer than Mendip's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,566 applications in total for the BA3 postcode area.
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- 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 (22)
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