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Porthkerry The Hollow Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1HH

2023/0473/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 8 February 2024

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T4 - Robinia - Reduce crown by approx 1.5m. T5 & T6 - Field Maple - Reduce crown by approx 2.5 - 3m. T7 - Mulberry - Reduce crown by approx 2.5m. T8 - Birch - Reduce in height by approx 3m.

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip West Division
Agent
J Murtagh Tree Services
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Porthkerry The Hollow Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1HH. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 328 days, 40 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Westbury sub Mendip conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Mendip West Division. 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 1HH
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2024
Consultation expiry
10 February 2024
Target decision date
24 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
J Murtagh Tree Services
Agent address
J Murtagh Tree Services 1 Avenue Villas Fosse Road Stratton-on-the-Fosse Radstock BA3 4RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
10 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12020333
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
12

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: Westbury sub Mendip
  • 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.

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