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Greystones, Burton Row, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4BP

07/25/00026Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 18 October 2025

Proposal

Reduce height of secondary branches of 3No. Lombardy Poplar (T1, T2, T3) (TPO Ref T2, T3, T4) by 2-3m.

Submitted
17 September 2025
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Greystones, Burton Row, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4BP. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 118 applications in total for the TA9 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
TA9 4BP
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brent Knoll

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation start
18 September 2025
Target decision date
18 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Valentine Crowcombe Taunton Somerset TA4 4BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
31 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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: Sedgemoor

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