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Riverside Cottage Footpath Tellisford Frome Somerset BA2 7RL

2026/0245/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAApproved

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: TCA Approval (No Objection)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Weeping Willow - Reduce the height x 4m & spread x up to 3m back to the previous pruning points. T1 - Crab Apple - Reduce the height x 2m.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome North Division
Agent
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Riverside Cottage Footpath Tellisford Frome Somerset BA2 7RL. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Tellisford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 3,436 applications in total for the BA2 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
BA2 7RL
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tellisford Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd 95 Frome Road Maiden Bradley Warminster BA12 7JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14683172
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

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
  • Green belt: Somerset

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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.

Source: Mendip

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