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Templecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR.

SCC/3865/2021/Cond12TreesApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 December 2022

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

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
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 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

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.

© 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.

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