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Lower Farm House The Old Rectory Lane North Cheriton Templecombe Somerset BA8 0AL

25/02944/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1: Lime (tilia spp) Fell and grind stump. It is proposed to remove a young pollard tree, this tree growth in a very limited growing space and is in conflict with the surrounding structures. Replanting and replacing with a more suitable shrubs will be considered. T2 May tree(crataegus spp) Replicate historical pruning therefore reduce canopy radial spread by approx. 1.8 metres.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKMOOR VALE
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lower Farm House The Old Rectory Lane North Cheriton Templecombe Somerset BA8 0AL. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days. The site is in the Bampton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across BLACKMOOR VALE. We hold 297 applications in total for the BA8 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
BA8 0AL
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Cheriton

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Target decision date
20 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrea Maistrello Arboriculture
Agent address
6 Cutty Cottages North Cadbury YEOVIL Somerset BA22 7DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14551468
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: North Cheriton
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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