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40, Clipper Close, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5LA

08/17/00034Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 22 March 2017

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 No. apple tree to be reduced as indicated (on photo) removing inward facing limbs, reducing extended laterals to original crown.

Submitted
21 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at 40, Clipper Close, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5LA. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 6 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
TA6 5LA
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2017
Consultation start
21 February 2017
Target decision date
22 March 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

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.

  • 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.

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