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St Marys Churchyard, St Mary Street, Bridgwater

08/23/00341Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 November 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Re-pollard group of Limes (G1) back to previous reduction points. Fell 2No. Ash (T1 & T2). Coppice 2No. Holly (T3 & T4) to allow to regenerate/maintain as shrub. Re-pollard Sycamore (T5) to previous reduction points. Crown lift Western Red Cedar (T6) to 3.5m above ground level by removal of secondary growth, remove crossing branches and reduce height by 4m.

Submitted
16 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 33 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Churchyard, St Mary Street, Bridgwater. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Target decision date
18 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
33 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.

  • Conservation area: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
  • Flood zone 1: Low 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 (21)

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, 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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