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The Old Vicarage Drayton Langport Somerset TA10 0JX

25/03049/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 5 February 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. 2 Trees within a Conservation Area. T001 - Horse chestnut: This tree has had a large stem fail and fall into the garden due to a potential infection/compromised timber integrity. The proposed work is to remove the remaining vertical stem to above the Owl box, leaving the remaining limbs on the South-Western side. T002 - Holm Oak, This tree has been severely damaged by T001s stem failure. The proposed work is to fell the remaining stem to ground level. T003 - Lime The proposed work is to reduce the North-Eastern side of the canopy by up to 5 metres to previous pollard points and/or create new pollard points at those points.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CURRY RIVEL AND LANGPORT
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Drayton Langport Somerset TA10 0JX. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 6 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Drayton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across CURRY RIVEL AND LANGPORT. We hold 1,049 applications in total for the TA10 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
TA10 0JX
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Drayton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Target decision date
30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hi-Line
Agent address
Aldwick Estate Aldwick Lane Blagdon BS40 5AL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14579887
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Drayton
  • Scheduled monument: Roman house W of vicaragePart of the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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