Laurel Cottage Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QJ
Proposal
Maple - Remove one low limb. Apple - Reduce all live branches by 3-4m & reduce the entire canopy back to old pruning points.
- Received
- 16 December 2024
- Decided
- 28 January 2025 · TCA Approval
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Shepton Mallet Division
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- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated30 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at Laurel Cottage Long Street Croscombe Wells Somerset BA5 3QJ. Mendip has handled 775 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. This one was decided in 43 days, 4 days quicker than Mendip's median. The site is in the Croscombe conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Shepton Mallet Division. We hold 1,930 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200515 Jul
Removal of part of boundary wall to provide off road parking (DEL)
Approval with ConditionsFull Application059344/008 - 200516 Mar
Removal of part of front boundary wall
Approval with ConditionsListed building consent059344/007 - 200516 Mar
Removal of part of boundary wall to provide off road parking (DEL)
WithdrawnFull Application059344/006 - 200013 Jul
Erection of conservatory to rear
Approval with ConditionsListed building consent059344/005
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: CroscombePart of the site
- 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 (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.
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