Balcary House Chapel Lane North Cadbury Yeovil Somerset BA22 7DE
Approved on 21 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1. Norway maple - 8-10 metres high, 0.3m dbh.Fell to ground level. Poor specimen and suppressed by much finer Birches next to it.
- Received
- 30 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CASTLE CARY
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 19 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Balcary House Chapel Lane North Cadbury Yeovil Somerset BA22 7DE. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 2,121 applications in total for the BA22 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
- BA22 7DE
- Application type
- Work to Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North Cadbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20234 Jul
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 3 Trees within a Conservation Area.
ApprovedWork to Trees23/01735/TCA - 202010 Jun
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery works on No 2 Trees within a Conservation Area
ApprovedWork to Trees20/01613/TCA - 20193 Sep
Application to carry out tree works within a conservation area
ApprovedWork to Trees19/02507/TCA - 201620 Apr
Notification of intent to fell a Goat Willow tree 25-30 feet high and raise the crown of an Acer tree 30 feet…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area16/01749/TCA - 20157 Apr
Notification of intent to fell 1 no Eucalyptus tree and 1 no Cypressus tree within a conservation area…
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area15/01580/TCA
Source: South Somerset
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