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The Entrance Lodge High Street Sparkford Yeovil Somerset BA22 7JH

24/02497/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 21 November 2024

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to Fell No. 2 Trees and Carry out Tree Surgery works to No. 2 Trees as shown within the South Somerset District Council (SPAR 1) 2019 Tree Preservation Order.

Received
23 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CASTLE CARY
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 29 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Entrance Lodge High Street Sparkford Yeovil Somerset BA22 7JH. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 2,121 applications in total for the BA22 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
BA22 7JH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sparkford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2024
Target decision date
18 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Somerset Avenue White British gl114py United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13506545
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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