Park Cottage South Street Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7ES
Proposal
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No.1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 Weeping willow, The tree has lost one of the primary limbs recently. Following a tree assessment significant structural features have been found. The trees has several historical large pruning large wound where decay and signs of mechanical subsidence are visible. Record shows that the overall canopy has been reduced in 2017. A partial remedial work to tidy up the recent damaged has bee already carried out, however it is recommended to reduce the apical reiteration growth by 3 metres and reduce lateral overextended limbs on south- east, south and south west quadrant by 3 metres to compensate the loss of canopy and mitigate structural subsidence.
- Received
- 17 August 2026
- Decided
- 28 September 2026 · Application Permitted
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 5 October 2026
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CASTLE CARY
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Aug
- ValidatedValidated17 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Sep
Decided in 42 days
This is a planning application at Park Cottage South Street Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7ES. South Somerset has handled 14,176 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 13 days quicker than South Somerset's median. The site is in the Castle Cary conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 93 applications in total for the BA7 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Castle Cary
- Listed building: Grade II: South Dene, and Front Boundary Walls and RailingsOn or next to this site · +3 more
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue 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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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