The Court, St. Marys Street, Axbridge, BS26 2BN

02/15/00010Works to Trees in Conservation AreaPermitted

Proposal

Holm Oak (T1) reduce end weight on large stem to south west over neighbours by 30%, reducing longer branches by 4m to secondary branches, re-brace stem, thin out remainder of tree by 20% and raise crown to give 4.5m ground clearance. Holm Oak (T2) Raise crown to give 4.5m ground clearance and reduce end weight on larger side stems by 20%.

Received: 7 May 2015
Decided: 12 June 2015 · Granted Permission
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sedgemoor

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

ReceivedSubmitted7 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Jun
DecidedDecided12 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 35)

5 weeks typical decision time in Sedgemoor100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at The Court, St. Marys Street, Axbridge, BS26 2BN. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 32 days. This one was decided in 36 days, 4 days longer than Sedgemoor's median. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 790 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

02/15/00010

Address

The Court, St. Marys Street, Axbridge, BS26 2BN

Postcode

BS26 2BN

Local Authority

Sedgemoor

Application Type

Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Parish

Axbridge

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address

The Court St Mary Street Axbridge Somerset BS26 2BN

Agent Address

Wee Tree Nurseries West Buckland Wellington Somerset TA21 9LD

Planning Application Dates

Target Decision Date

12 June 2015

Date Decided

12 June 2015

Date Validated

7 May 2015

Date Submitted

7 May 2015

Consultation Start

7 May 2015

Planning Decision

Decision

Granted Permission

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

36 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.287292, -2.815292

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Sedgemoor

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Planning history at this site

19 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Axbridge
Listed building: Grade II: The Georgian HouseOn this site · +1 more
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, green belt, 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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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