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The Lodge East Street Martock Somerset TA12 6NF

26/01428/TCAWork to TreesApproved

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to No. 5 trees within a Conservation Area. 1) Dismantle the Magnolia on corner of house to ground level. 2) Dismantle the two Box trees to approximately 2ft above ground level. 3) Reduce the southern side of Laburnum by approximately 2 meters to clear from building. 4) Reduce the roadside Fig by approximately 2 meters. 5) Crown raise the Birch in rear corner to approximately 4 meters above ground level.

Received
19 June 2026
Council
South Somerset
Ward
MARTOCK
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Lodge East Street Martock Somerset TA12 6NF. South Somerset has handled 1,945 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Martock and Bower Hinton conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across MARTOCK. We hold 685 applications in total for the TA12 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
TA12 6NF
Application type
Work to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martock

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2026
Target decision date
31 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ArbResolutions
Agent address
Staddles Beercrocombe Taunton TA36AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15022927
Comments
0
Documents
8

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: Martock and Bower Hinton
  • 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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