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

02/23/00024Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 October 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce the branches of the Holm Oak (T1) overhanging the rear garden of Westlake Cottage by 3-4m and removing the two lower limbs. Remove lower lateral branch of Holm Oak (T2) due to decay.

Submitted
11 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 26 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Court, St Marys Street, Axbridge, BS26 2BN. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 9 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. 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 2BN
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation start
11 September 2023
Target decision date
7 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
26 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Oct

    Crown thin 1No. Holm Oak (T1) by 30% and shortening the tips by 1m leaving the tree approx. final…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area02/26/00021
  2. 2025
    23 Jan

    Crown reduce 1No. Yew (T1) back to previous pruning points (approx. 1m reduction).

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area02/25/00003
  3. 2020
    18 Mar

    Conversion and alterations of attached annex to incorporate into main dwelling

    ApprovedListed building consent02/20/00005
  4. 2020
    18 Mar

    Conversion and alterations of attached annex to incorporate into main dwelling

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission02/20/00004
  5. 2018
    19 Jun

    1 No. Holm Oak (T1) remove 2 No. 5" branches on west side back to first suitable branch and 2 No. Holm oak…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area02/18/00022
  6. 2015
    7 May

    Holm Oak (T1) reduce end weight on large stem to south west over neighbours by 30%, reducing longer branches…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area02/15/00010

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