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Mill Cottage Wadeford Hill Wadeford Chard Somerset TA20 3AU

25/02459/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 20 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 2 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 - Robinia - Crown reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 3 metres. Bringing the tree back into a smaller shape and size. T2 - Blue Cedar - Crown reduction - reduce the spread of the tree by a 1 meter. And bring down the height to previous points.

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD NORTH
Agent
Fern Garden and Tree Services Limited
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mill Cottage Wadeford Hill Wadeford Chard Somerset TA20 3AU. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in the Wadeford conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across CHARD NORTH. 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 3AU
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Combe St Nicholas

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Target decision date
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fern Garden and Tree Services Limited
Agent address
North Buckham Farm Beaminster DT6 3SH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14389186
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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wadeford
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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