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Gemini House Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QH

2023/0845/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 12 June 2023

Council decision: TCA Approval

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Section felling of pine tree to ground level.

Received
11 May 2023
Council
Mendip
Ward
Shepton Mallet Division
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gemini House Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QH. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Croscombe conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Shepton Mallet 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 3QH
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Croscombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2023
Target decision date
22 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Jacob Knight
Agent address
29 The Vineyards Coxley Somerset BA5 1FN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Croscombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: Long Street HouseOn 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

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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