Public Open Space North Of 1 Acacia Drive Frome Somerset
Approved on 12 March 2021
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1) English Oak - Crown clean - remove significant deadwood. Crown lift by 3-4m - Prune to remove epicormic shoots that overhang play area and bin. Prune to clear building by 1-2m. T2) English Oak - Crown clean - remove significant deadwood. Prune to clear streetlight by 1-2m, Pruning tertiary branches back to suitable growth points. End-weight reduce subsiding primary branch at 5m/over streetlight.
- Received
- 14 January 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Frome College (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived14 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation7 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Public Open Space North Of 1 Acacia Drive Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.
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
- Application type
- Works/Felling of TPO Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Frome Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2021
- Consultation start
- 17 January 2021
- Consultation end
- 7 February 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 January 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 February 2021
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2021
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Idverde
- Agent address
- 3 Headquarters Road West Wilts Trading Estate Westbury BA13 4JR England
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 January 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 February 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09414512
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202529 Jul
T1 Quercus (Oak) - Reduce stem on north east side, to the split/crack to reduce lever arm effect, reduce…
PendingWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2025/1396/TPO - 202313 Mar
TPO ( M1151) T1 (Oak) - Fell. T2 (Oak) - Fell.
PendingWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2023/0441/TPO - 20135 Nov
Oak trees x 2 adjacent the play area - canopy raise up to 6m to clear adjacent play equipment, property and…
Approval with ConditionsWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2013/2302/TPO
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