Bower Lodge Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6LG
Approved on 29 April 2009
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intent to reduce 2 No Leyland Cypress hedges by 50% and to brace a Wingnut tree all within a conservation area. (GR 345753/118072)
- Received
- 30 March 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- MARTOCK
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 May
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Bower Lodge Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6LG. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Martock and Bower Hinton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across MARTOCK. We hold 685 applications in total for the TA12 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
- TA12 6LG
- Application type
- Tree(s) in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Martock
- District
- NORTH
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2009
- Target decision date
- 11 May 2009
- Committee meeting
- 1 January 2000
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- W.T.S Birches East Street West Coker Yeovil BA22 9BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Martock and Bower HintonPart of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201815 Jan
Notification of intent to fell 1 No. tree within a conservation area.
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area18/00266/TCA - 20166 May
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to a row of Lawson Cypress trees within a conservation…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area16/02133/TCA - 201214 Nov
Notification of intent to carry out surgery works to 1 Leylandii Hedge and to reduce a Walnut tree, within a…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area12/04424/TCA
Source: South Somerset
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