Mornington House, Compton Lane, Axbridge, BS26 2HP
Approved on 23 December 2021
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce spread by 1-2m (max) to clear away from adjacent building and crown raise and reduce limbs to clear away from roof of adjacent building by 1-2m (max) of Walnut tree (T1). Reduce height by 2-3m (max) of Silver Birch tree (T2).
- Submitted
- 29 November 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Nov
- ValidatedValidated29 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 24 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a tree application at Mornington House, Compton Lane, Axbridge, BS26 2HP. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 11 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BS26 2HP
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Axbridge
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 November 2021
- Consultation start
- 30 November 2021
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Combe Batch Wedmore Somerset BS28 4DU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 24 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: AxbridgePart of the site
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Sedgemoor
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