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8 South Street Wells Somerset BA5 1SJ

2021/2600/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 10 January 2022

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Eucalyptus - Fell.

Received
12 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central (Historic)
Agent
RFP Tree and Landscape Services Ltd
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 South Street Wells Somerset BA5 1SJ. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,945 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 1SJ
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2021
Target decision date
24 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
RFP Tree and Landscape Services Ltd
Agent address
The Arb Centre Orchard Park Farm Hornblotton BA4 6

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10385048
Documents
3
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mendip

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