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Tesco Supermarket Tucker Street Wells Somerset BA5 2DZ

2021/2852/TPOWorks/Felling of TPO TreesApproved

Approved on 9 March 2022

Council decision: TPO ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Copper Beech T1. on TPO M1074 - Selective reduction of lateral branches extending towards 10 Ethel Street (NW quadrant of tree crown) by up to 3m with pruning wounds no greater than 75mm. Crown lift over car park and adjacent road to give 4m clearance from ground level, max diameter pruning wounds 100mm. NB amended specification as agreed with agent by email.

Received
20 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells St Cuthberts (Historic)
Agent
Ground Control ltd 495557
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tesco Supermarket Tucker Street Wells Somerset BA5 2DZ. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 2DZ
Application type
Works/Felling of TPO Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2021
Consultation expiry
3 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2022
Target decision date
14 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ground Control ltd 495557
Agent address
Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0E

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10487015
Documents
5
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: WellsPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8, Tucker StreetOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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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.

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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