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68 Southway Drive Yeovil Somerset BA21 3ED

25/01491/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 11 August 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to carry out Tree Surgery works to No. 2 Trees as shown within the South Somerset District Council (YEOV 2) 1992 Tree Preservation Order. T1 x Oak tree reduce 1-1.5 meters over property to reduce oversharing and manage tree for the space. T2 x Oak remove deadwood from Oak over garage as it is dropping deadwood and branches

Received
18 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL CENTRAL
Agent
Lockett Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 68 Southway Drive Yeovil Somerset BA21 3ED. South Somerset has handled 1,950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across YEOVIL CENTRAL. We hold 1,641 applications in total for the BA21 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
BA21 3ED
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2025
Target decision date
13 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lockett Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Podiwood Farm Podimore Yeovil Somerset BA22 8JE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14108294
Comments
0
Documents
8

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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