22 Hillside, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8AW

42/26/00006Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 11 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Reduce height of 1No. Lombardy Poplar (T2) (TPO Ref G1) by 11m to same height as adjacent neighbours tree, reduce overhanging branches to Southern side over neighbours garden to near boundary line and remove dead branches.

Submitted: 10 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted10 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Apr
DecidedDecided11 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at 22 Hillside, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8AW. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 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: TA7 8AW
Application type: Works to Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Puriton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 March 2026
Consultation start: 10 March 2026
Target decision date: 11 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Wee Tree Nurseries West Buckland Wellington Somerset TA21 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 32 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

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, 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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