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Higher Blindmoor Farm Blindmoor Chard Somerset TA20 3RD

01/01621/HDGHedgerowsRefused

Refused on 19 July 2001

Council decision: Application Refused

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

Proposal

Notification of intent to remove a section of hedgerow (GR 263/146 )

Received
20 June 2001
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKDOWN
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Higher Blindmoor Farm Blindmoor Chard Somerset TA20 3RD. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA20 3RD
Application type
Hedgerows
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckland St Mary
District
WEST

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2001
Target decision date
1 August 2001

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

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: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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, 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, 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: South Somerset

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