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Pastoral Kale Street Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6AE

2026/0482/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Goat willow (H1) - Cut to 1m. Hawthorne (T1) - Reduce by 30% & thin by 20%. Hazel (T2) - Re-coppice to 50%. Willow (T3) - Re-pollard to last pruning points, remove approx 3m. Privet (H2) - Reduce by approx 1m.

Received
5 March 2026
Decision due
30 April 2026
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip South Division
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at Pastoral Kale Street Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6AE. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Batcombe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Mendip South Division. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
BA4 6AE
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Batcombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
HRHoopertree Surgeons
Agent address
Horrington Hill Close Wells Somerset BA5 1GW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Batcombe
  • 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.

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