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Orchard House Hurst Martock Somerset TA12 6JU

25/02245/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 10 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 6 Trees and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. Goat Willow (4) - Fell Ash (5) - Fell Goat Willow (6) - Re pollard to near old pollard points at 7m above ground level Cherry (17) - Fell Cherry (19) - Fell Dead tree (21) - Fell Goat Willow (30) - Fell

Received
10 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
MARTOCK
Agent
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard House Hurst Martock Somerset TA12 6JU. 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 Martock and Bower Hinton conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across MARTOCK. We hold 685 applications in total for the TA12 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
TA12 6JU
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martock

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2025
Target decision date
22 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES
Agent address
CHRIS GROVES ASSOCIATES WEE TREE NURSERIES WEST BUCKLAND WELLINGTON TA21 9LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14321562
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Martock and Bower Hinton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Orchard House and Front RailingsOn this site · +3 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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.

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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