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Barn, Rackhouse Farm, Rackhouse Lane, Broomfield, Bridgwater, TA5 2EG

10/25/00008Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 20 December 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 4No. Beech (T1, T2, T3, T4) (TPO Ref W1) and 1No. Ash (T5) (TPO Ref W1). Reduce height of 1No. Beech (T6) (TPO Ref W1) by approx. 5m and remove decayed stem.

Submitted
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Barn, Rackhouse Farm, Rackhouse Lane, Broomfield, Bridgwater, TA5 2EG. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 788 applications in total for the TA5 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
TA5 2EG
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Broomfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation start
18 November 2025
Target decision date
20 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Wheel House Bradley Stream Rd Ashcott Somerset TA7 9FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
33 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Quantock Hills
  • 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, 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, 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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