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Hedgerows On Land OS 8949 & OS 1655 Between A358 At Two Ash Hill And Forton Lane Chard Somerset TA20 2NW

26/01087/HDGApproved

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application amended to remove 4m of hedgerow labelled as H1 only

Submitted
13 May 2026
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD SOUTH
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 34 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Hedgerows On Land OS 8949 & OS 1655 Between A358 At Two Ash Hill And Forton Lane Chard Somerset TA20 2NW. South Somerset has handled 14,309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across CHARD SOUTH. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TA20 2NW
Parish
Tatworth and Forton

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies 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.

Source: South Somerset

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