St Stephen's Church Church Street Winsham Chard Somerset TA20 4JD

24/00564/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 4 April 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to No. 1 tree within a Conservation Area.

Received: 3 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: ILMINSTER

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated4 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Apr
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Stephen's Church Church Street Winsham Chard Somerset TA20 4JD. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 10 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Winsham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4JD
Application type: Work to Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Winsham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 March 2024
Target decision date: 15 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12779337
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Winsham
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies 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 (20)

flood storage 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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