The Cottage Higher Backway Bruton Somerset BA10 0DW
Proposal
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to No.01 tree included within Conservation Area
- Received
- 29 September 2023
- Decided
- 24 November 2023 · Application Permitted
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- WINCANTON AND BRUTON
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- ReceivedSubmitted29 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided24 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
This is a tree application at The Cottage Higher Backway Bruton Somerset BA10 0DW. South Somerset has handled 1,949 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 37 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks longer than South Somerset's median. The site is in the Bruton conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across WINCANTON AND BRUTON. We hold 771 applications in total for the BA10 postcode area.
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- Conservation area: Bruton
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue 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.
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