Castle Court, Fore Street, Othery, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0QS

38/26/00006Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 25 August 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduce crown height of 1No. Walnut (T1) (TPO Ref T1) by approx. 2?3m and lateral spread by approx. 2?4m in accordance with the annotated photograph. The Walnut tree is located within the car park of Castle Court.

Submitted: 15 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted15 Jul
ValidatedValidated15 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application at Castle Court, Fore Street, Othery, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0QS. Sedgemoor has handled 13 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 6 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 postcode area.

96% of all 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: TA7 0QS
Application type: Works to Trees
Parish: Othery

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Robin Offer

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sedgemoor

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