Jessamine House Silver Street East Lambrook South Petherton Somerset TA13 5HW

26/00368/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 3 Trees within a Conservation Area. TR1- Walnut - encroaching on neighbouring property. TR2- Walnut - Growing heavily "one sided" - reduction to limit/reduce risk to vehicles parked below and reduce the one sided weight to mitigate risk of wind blown failure. TR3- Walnut - Growing heavily "one sided" - reduction to limit/reduce risk to vehicles parked below and reduce the one sided weight to mitigate risk of wind blown failure. AMENDED SPECIFICATION (02.04.26): 0.5-1m reduction on T1, no more than 2m radial reduction on T2, 1.5m reduction on the lower branches on the ash - T1&2.

Received: 16 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: CURRY RIVEL AND LANGPORT
Agent: Lighter leaves Ltd

ReceivedReceived16 Feb
ValidatedValidated9 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided2 Apr

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Jessamine House Silver Street East Lambrook South Petherton Somerset TA13 5HW. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the East Lambrook conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across CURRY RIVEL AND LANGPORT. We hold 249 applications in total for the TA13 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: TA13 5HW
Application type: Work to Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kingsbury Episcopi

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 March 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Lighter leaves Ltd
Agent address: Northover Vicarage Northover Ilchester BA228NG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14708361
Comments: 0
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: East LambrookPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Jessamine House and Railed ForecourtOn this 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, 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Somerset

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