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Boyd House Gilbert Scott Road South Horrington Village Wells Somerset BA5 3JR

2025/0107/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAAwaiting decision
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Proposal

T458 - Common Lime - Remove deadwood, Crown lift over footpath to provide 3m ground level clearance T459 - Southern Magnolia - Prune to clear window 1m T462, T463, T464 T465 - Willow Leaved Cotoneaster - Adjust stake & tie & Prune to clear footpath T466 - Turkey Oak - Crown lift all round to provide 2.5m ground level clearance, formative prune to remove smaller stem at 2.4m above ground level T467 - Common Walnut - Crown reduce lateral spread by 2-3m all round and height by 1- 2m T474 & T475 - Weeping Japanese Pagoda Tree - Adjust stake & Tie T495 - Common Walnut - Crown lift over road to provide 4m ground level clearance T503 - Pagoda Tree - Crown lift to provide 4m ground level clearance all round. Remove deadwood T505 - Common Beech - Crown lift to provide 4m ground level clearance all round, prune to provide 1.2m separation to building T506 & T507 - Horse Chestnut - Crown lift to provide 4m ground level clearance all round T511 - Goat Willow - Crown lift to provide 3m ground level clearance over parking bays T519 - Wild Cherry - Crown lift to provide 3m ground level clearance over footpath T522 - Silver Maple - Crown lift to provide 3m ground level clearance over road and parking T533 - Cypress spp - Fell to ground level

Received
24 January 2025
Decision due
11 March 2025
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
Agent
The Landscape Group Ltd
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Boyd House Gilbert Scott Road South Horrington Village Wells Somerset BA5 3JR. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 January 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Mendip Hospital conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Mendip Hills Division. We hold 1,946 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 3JR
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Landscape Group Ltd
Agent address
The Landscape Group Ltd 11 Radnor Road Westbury On Trym Bristol BS9 4DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13713862
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mendip Hospital
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mendip Hospital, main buildingOn this 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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© 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.

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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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