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Alterhay House Stoopers Hill Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset TA20 3LT

03/02689/TCATree(s) in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 October 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intent to carryout surgery works to 1 No Yew tree (Conservation Area) (GR 330166/111397)

Received
18 September 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKDOWN
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Alterhay House Stoopers Hill Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset TA20 3LT. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Combe St Nicholas conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3LT
Application type
Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Combe St Nicholas
District
WEST

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2003
Target decision date
3 November 2003
Committee meeting
19 November 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Combe St Nicholas
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

© 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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