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14-16 St Mary Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LJ

36/26/00004Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 April 2026

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Proposal

Crown reduce height & spread of 1No, Bay (T1), 1No. Acer (T2) and 1No. Cherry (T3) by up to approximately 1-2m and shape.

Submitted
27 March 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 29 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14-16 St Mary Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LJ. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 6 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Nether Stowey conservation area, with 11 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
27 March 2026
Consultation start
27 March 2026
Target decision date
25 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 River View Combwich Bridgwater TA5 2RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Nether Stowey
  • Listed building: Grade II: Brook HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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.

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.

Source: Sedgemoor

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