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Holmwood Welshmill Road Frome Somerset BA11 2LA

2023/2280/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 22 December 2023

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce clump of laurel including some hazel stands and holly stands from 6m to 3m height to allow light for the neighbour.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome North Division
Agent
Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holmwood Welshmill Road Frome Somerset BA11 2LA. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Frome conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Frome North 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 2LA
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Frome Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2023
Consultation expiry
31 December 2023
Target decision date
11 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd 85 High Street Chapmanslade Chapmanslade BA13 4AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
31 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12626676
Documents
4
Constraints
6

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, 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

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© 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.

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