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Batcombe House Gold Hill Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6HF

2026/1788/TCAApproved

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: TCA Approval (No Objection)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 - Lebanese Cedar - Crown thin by approx 15% and pruning to tips by 2.5m where necessary

Received
17 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 29 October 2026
Council
Mendip
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 36 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Batcombe House Gold Hill Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6HF. Mendip has handled 6,855 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Batcombe conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BA4 6HF

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Batcombe
  • Listed building: Grade II: Batcombe HouseOn or next to 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.

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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