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Queen Elizabeth Court, Blake Place, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QN

08/22/00097Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 July 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown lift rear part of lower crown by removing the sub lateral branches up to 4mon eastern side of canopy and reduce spread by 2m of whitebeam (T1) to give clearance to adjacent building.

Submitted
28 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 23 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Queen Elizabeth Court, Blake Place, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QN. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 12 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater St John's conservation area, with 7 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 5QN
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2022
Consultation start
28 June 2022
Target decision date
21 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Units 22-25 Cross Lanes Farm Cross Lanes Pill BS20 0JJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Land between 21 and 35 Monmouth Street and to the rear of, Church Street, BridgwaterRegister 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Sedgemoor

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