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Church Of St Aldhelm Church Lane Doulting Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4QE

2025/0799/TPOWorks/Felling of TPO TreesAwaiting decision

Proposal

TPO M1360: T1 - Yew: reduce by approx 4m in height and shape accordingly to leave a low dome and remove the overhanging foliage from the access track. Pruning cuts up to an approx diameter of 250mm.

Received
29 April 2025
Decision due
25 June 2025
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Church Of St Aldhelm Church Lane Doulting Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4QE. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 April 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Doulting conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Mendip Central And East Division. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 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
BA4 4QE
Application type
Works/Felling of TPO Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Doulting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bruton Tree Care
Agent address
Bruton Tree Care 47 Vestry Rd Street Somerset BA16 0HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13974083
Documents
5
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Doulting
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

Source: Mendip

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