Holyrood House Holyrood Street Chard Somerset TA20 2DN

16/00517/TCATree(s) in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 March 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted

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

Proposal

Application to fell 1 No. Holm Oak and a grout of Apple trees and carry out works to various trees within a conservation area (GR 332247/108253)

Received: 1 February 2016
Council: South Somerset
Ward: CHARD HOLYROOD

ReceivedReceived1 Feb
ValidatedValidated1 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Mar
DecidedDecided29 Mar

Decided in 57 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holyrood House Holyrood Street Chard Somerset TA20 2DN. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 2 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area. There have been 12 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 2DN
Application type: Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chard
District: WEST

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 February 2016
Target decision date: 14 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Sweethay Barn Rapps Ilminster TA19 9LG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Associated applications

2016
1 Feb
Application to fell 1 No. Holm Oak and a grout of Apple trees and carry out works to various trees within a…
This applicationApprovedTrees16/00517/TCA
2016
1 Feb
Application to carry out works to a Holm Oak tree (T1 on the attached plan) within Chard District Council…
Application Permitted with ConditionsTree Preservation OrderFiled alongside16/00518/TPO

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Somerset

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