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1 Thatched Cottages Higher Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7QA

26/00227/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery works to No. 4 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 = Willow pollard, 6m in height, repollard back to the old pollard point. This is repeat management to maintain the size of the tree for its location. T2, T3 & T4 - 3 x small irish yews 3m in height to be removed to make way for new planting

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
COKER
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Thatched Cottages Higher Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7QA. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 5 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across COKER. We hold 470 applications in total for the TA18 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
TA18 7QA
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Chinnock

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greenheart tree surgery
Agent address
Greenheart tree surgery 18 west end view South Petherton Somerset TA135EW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14668252
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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© 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.

  1. 2022
    9 Aug

    Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area.

    ApprovedWork to Trees22/02298/TCA
  2. 2006
    31 Aug

    Conversion of part of dwelling into annex for rental. (GR 346744 / 113307)

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application06/03120/FUL
  3. 2006
    23 Aug

    Conversion of part of property into a self-contained annexe with kitchenette and shower room (GR 346744/…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent06/03007/LBC
  4. 2002
    12 Apr

    Alterations to No 1 & 2 Thatched Cottages to form one dwelling and extension to dwelling.(GR 467/133

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application02/00974/FUL
  5. 2002
    8 Apr

    Alterations to No. 1 & 2 Thatched cottages to form one dwelling and extension to dwelling. (GR 467/133

    Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent02/00965/LBC

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