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Bower Lodge Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6LG

12/04424/TCATree(s) in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 December 2012

Council decision: Application Permitted

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

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out surgery works to 1 Leylandii Hedge and to reduce a Walnut tree, within a Conservation area. ( GR 345753/118072 )

Received
14 November 2012
Council
South Somerset
Ward
MARTOCK
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 29 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 29 days, 13 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Martock and Bower Hinton conservation area, with 7 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
14 November 2012
Target decision date
26 December 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fern Garden Tree Services 4 Bartlett Court Rose Lane Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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: Martock and Bower Hinton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bower House and Raised Pavement to FrontOn or next to this 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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