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Laurel Villa Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QQ

2022/0109/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 17 February 2022

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Leylandii - Reduce height x 2-2.5m, remove branches which overhang the house and general reshaping.

Received
21 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Croscombe And Pilton (Historic)
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Laurel Villa Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QQ. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Croscombe conservation area, with 9 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 3QQ
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Croscombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2022
Target decision date
4 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10561864
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
11

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: Croscombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: Laurel Villa and Two Attached Houses to EastOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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

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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