St Nicholas Church New Road Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset TA20 3NG
Approved on 3 March 2010
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to fell an Ash tree and a Sycamore tree both within a conservation area (GR 330151/111248)
- Received
- 30 December 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- BLACKDOWN
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Nicholas Church New Road Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset TA20 3NG. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 3 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 3NG
- Application type
- Tree(s) in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Combe St Nicholas
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2010
- Target decision date
- 25 February 2010
- Committee meeting
- 1 January 2000
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Withy Cottage Dommett Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3JG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
- 200811 Sep
Notification of intent to fell a scots pine and carry out tree surgery works to 2 no. Scots pine, 1 no. Red…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area08/03956/TCA - 20066 Nov
Notification of intent to remove 1 no. holly tree and to carry out works to 1 no. yew tree within a…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area06/04091/TCA - 20053 May
Notification of intent to fell 2 no. Cypress trees within a conservation area. GR (330167/111306
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area05/01216/TCA
Source: South Somerset
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