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16 Capes Close, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QS

08/20/00095Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 July 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash - Reduce crown by 7m and branches overhanging garden and parking area.

Submitted
15 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 37 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Capes Close, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QS. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days. The site is in the Bridgwater St John's conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. 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).

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Application details

Postcode
TA6 5QS
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2020
Consultation start
29 June 2020
Target decision date
22 July 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
37 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bridgwater St John's
  • Brownfield land register: 37-41 Monmouth Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5EHRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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