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Chapel House The Park Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7EP

25/01983/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Silverbirch - reduction of 50% to bring it back to previous height and branches away from cables serving properties.

Received
6 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CASTLE CARY
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 80 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chapel House The Park Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7EP. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 9 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle Cary conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 100 applications in total for the BA7 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
BA7 7EP
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle Cary

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle Cary
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Congregational ChapelOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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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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