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Orchardleigh Rookery Lane Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QW

2021/1967/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 1 October 2021

Council decision: TPO Not Required (No Objection)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Ash - Fell.

Received
26 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Croscombe And Pilton (Historic)
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchardleigh Rookery Lane Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QW. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Croscombe conservation area, with 6 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 3QW
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Croscombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2021
Consultation expiry
16 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
16 September 2021
Target decision date
7 October 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Croscombe
  • 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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