Templecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR.
Approved on 21 December 2022
Proposal
Details so satisfy Condition 12: Biodiversity Enhancement A Biodiversity Mitigation and Enhancement Plan (BMEP) shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority in consultation with SCC Ecology prior commencement or prior to commencement of construction works. Photographs of the installed features will also be submitted to the Local Planning Authority prior to occupation: The content of the BMEP shall include the following: • Oak tree replanting on a 2:1 ratio, therefore 6 trees planted and managed. • Retained hedgerows managed to promote a species rich hedgerow composition, including cutting on a 3-year rotation and allowing to grow in a traditional A shape, being thicker at the ground level. • Installation of 3x woodcrete bird boxes on to retained mature trees, at a height above 3m and facing north or east. Reason: In accordance with government policy for the enhancement of biodiversity within development as set out in paragraph 170(d) of the National Planning Policy Framework. …of permission SCC/3865/2021
- Submitted
- 21 October 2021
- Council
- Somerset
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation28 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Dec
Decided in 426 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Templecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR.. Somerset has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 426 days, 53 weeks longer than Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 297 applications in total for the BA8 postcode area.
96% of all applications at Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BA8 0HR
- Application type
- Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- South Somerset District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 28 December 2022
- Consultation end
- 28 December 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
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.
© 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.
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