Stowey House, St Mary Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LJ
Approved on 31 May 2025
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce height of 1No. Mulberry (T1) by approx. 3m and shorten outer limbs by approx. 3m, crown thin by 20% and reshape. Reduce spread of 1No. Yew (T2) to 5m dia and reduce height by 4m to leave a more manageable tree. Reduce height of 1No. Apple (T3) by approx. 2m, crown thin by 30% and remove excessive spread to south side of tree to rebalance. Crown reduce height of 1No. Plum (T4) by 2m, crown thin by 10% and reshape. Crown reduce height of 1No. Bay (T5) by approx. 6m and remove 3No. main stems with a diameter greater than 75mm fouling the gateway.
- Submitted
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided31 May
Decided in 33 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a tree application at Stowey House, St Mary Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LJ. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days. The site is in the Nether Stowey conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. 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 1LJ
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Nether Stowey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 1 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 117 St John Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 5JA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 33 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Nether Stowey
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: Sedgemoor
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