St Mary's Churchyard Church Street Chard Somerset TA20 2DP
Approved on 21 February 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery work to No. 4 trees within a Conservation Area.
- Received
- 3 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD SOUTH
- Agent
- Fern Garden and Tree Services Limited
- ReceivedReceived3 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Feb
Decided in 46 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Mary's Churchyard Church Street Chard Somerset TA20 2DP. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 2DP
- Application type
- Work to Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chard Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fern Garden and Tree Services Limited
- Agent address
- 14 Bushfield Road Crewkerne TA18 8HN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chard
- Listed building: Grade II: Chest Tomb Approximately 16 Metres North North East of North Porch of Parish ChurchOn this site · +21 more
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: South Somerset
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