Land Adjoining Meadow Rise, Three Corners And Land At Whiteway Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset

16/01415/HDGHedgerowsApproved

Approved on 9 May 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application to remove x 10 five metre sections of hedgerow to replace the existing water main (as amended by the electronic correspondence received from Wessex Water, dated 5/5/16). The hedgerows are to be re-instated using a mix of species to match the surrounding hedgerows

Received: 1 April 2016
Council: South Somerset
Ward: BLACKDOWN

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated4 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 May
DecidedDecided9 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adjoining Meadow Rise, Three Corners And Land At Whiteway Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type: Hedgerows
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Combe St Nicholas
District: WEST

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 April 2016
Target decision date: 16 May 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04936688
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Source: South Somerset

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