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Recreation Ground Silver Street Wells Somerset

2024/1173/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 15 August 2024

Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- T5 Large leaved Limes: Crown Lift 5m over road T6 Large Leaved Lime: Remove 2x low secondary branches over road T7 Large Leaved Lime: Fell and grind Out ( see inspection Notes) T8-T9 Large Leaved lime: Crown Lift 5m over road G44 Thuja/lawson Cypress: Crown lift 5m over rd Remove upswept branch at 4m on south aspect, prune from building to clear 2m T77 Rowan: Fell and grind out Stump Dead wood will be removed from any trees in category 1 and 2 aswell.

Received
3 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
MTL Group Ltd
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Recreation Ground Silver Street Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division.

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

Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2024
Target decision date
14 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MTL Group Ltd
Agent address
MTL Group Ltd Haydon Drove Haydon Wells Somerset BA5 3EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13210326
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

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: Wells
  • Listed building: Grade I: The Bishop'S BarnOn this site · +1 more
  • Scheduled monument: Bishop's tithe barnPart of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Bishops Palace, WellsNext to the 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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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© 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.

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