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6 Old Town Chard Somerset TA20 2AS

24/01012/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 24 May 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell and Carry out Tree Surgery works to various trees within a Conservation Area.

Received
24 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD SOUTH
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Old Town Chard Somerset TA20 2AS. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across CHARD SOUTH. 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 2AS
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2024
Target decision date
5 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Spencer Tree Surgery
Agent address
Withy Cottage Buckland St Mary Chard TA20 3JG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13007174
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Somerset

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