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The Old Rectory High Street Nunney Frome Somerset BA11 4LZ

2023/1552/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 27 September 2023

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Larch (1) - Shorten low branches on North side over the drive to the Rectory by 3m.

Received
14 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Agent
Chris Groves Associates
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory High Street Nunney Frome Somerset BA11 4LZ. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Nunney conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Mendip Central And East Division. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the BA11 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
BA11 4LZ
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nunney Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2023
Target decision date
25 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chris Groves Associates
Agent address
Chris Groves Associates Wee Tree Nurseries West Buckland Wellington Somerset TA21 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12383150
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
12

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: Nunney

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 (21)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 May

    M1128: T1 (Ash) & T2 (Ash) - Removal to ground level.

    ApprovedWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2024/0846/TPO
  2. 2022
    25 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by condition 4 - (Hard and Soft Landscaping) on planning consent 2021/1065/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2022/0609/APP
  3. 2021
    2 Aug

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 (Bat Activity Survey) on application number…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2021/1763/APP
  4. 2021
    11 May

    Change of use from residential care home (use class C2) to single dwellinghouse (use class C3), demolition…

    ApprovedFull Application2021/1065/FUL
  5. 2021
    25 Mar

    Works to 1 x Horse chestnut Ref No.0329 - identified as T7. on TPO M1128 - to reduce the failed stem to a…

    ApprovedWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2021/0739/TPO
  6. 2021
    25 Mar

    Works to Lawson Cypress (0326), European Larch (0327), Sycamore (0328), and Cherry Laurel. (Please refer to…

    ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2021/0692/TCA

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