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68 Lower Street Merriott Somerset TA16 5NW

26/00180/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Leylandii Tree - Remove

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 29 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 68 Lower Street Merriott Somerset TA16 5NW. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR. We hold 25 applications in total for the TA16 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
TA16 5NW
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merriott

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14634461
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.

  • Conservation area: Merriott
  • 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 (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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