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The Copper Beech Becket Place Wells Somerset BA5 1UU

2016/2560/TPOWorks/Felling of TPO TreesApproved

Approved on 6 March 2017

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Copper Beech tree - crown lift to give up to a 5 metre (approx) clearance from ground level ny pruning / removing small / tertiary branches of no more than 25mm in diameter. Selective crown reduction of lateral branches on the southerly side of the tree by up to 2 metres and pruning cuts of no more than 75mm in diameter, crown clean (remove major dead wood / broken branches, where present).NB. This is an amended specification - agreed with applicant by e-mail 17.2.17

Received
10 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central (Historic)
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 147 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Copper Beech Becket Place Wells Somerset BA5 1UU. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 14 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA5 1UU
Application type
Works/Felling of TPO Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2016
Consultation expiry
10 November 2016
Consultation start
17 October 2016
Consultation end
7 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start
17 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
7 November 2016
Target decision date
5 December 2016
Permission expires
6 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2016
Advertisement expiry
10 November 2016

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, 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.

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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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Source: Mendip

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