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The Old Rectory Tellisford Lane To Footpath Tellisford Frome Somerset BA2 7RL

2023/0182/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 10 March 2023

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TG1 Trees and shrubs, 1x Purple Leaf Plum, 5x Hazel, 3x Viburnum and 1x Yew with long low lateral brances that overhanging the boundary wall and church footpath. Reduce long lateral branches by up to 3m and crown lift all branches to a height of approx 2.5m overhanging the footpath. Prune back the Yew branches that overhang the outbuilding by approx 2m. T1 Robinia - Fell. T2 Robinia - Reduce lateral branches up to 2m to give at least 1m clearance.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Rode And Norton St Philip (Historic)
Agent
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Tellisford Lane To Footpath Tellisford Frome Somerset BA2 7RL. 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 Tellisford conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,436 applications in total for the BA2 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
BA2 7RL
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tellisford Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2023
Target decision date
21 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
95 Frome Road Maiden Bradley Warminster BA12 7JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11898639
Documents
6
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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