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Old Mill House Court Mill Lane Wadeford Chard Somerset TA20 3AX

24/00279/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 13 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 3 Trees and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area.

Received
2 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD NORTH
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Mill House Court Mill Lane Wadeford Chard Somerset TA20 3AX. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across CHARD NORTH. 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 3AX
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Combe St Nicholas

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2024
Target decision date
15 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tony Benger Landscaping
Agent address
Dalwood Hill Nursery Burrow Knap Way Dalwood Axminster Ex137ES United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12776915
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: WadefordPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: BurnsideOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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

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© 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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