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The Pines North Street Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7AY

26/01980/TCAApproved

Approved on 12 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

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

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to No.2 trees within a Conservation Area. T1 - Cedar - Works required to make safe, structurally sound, re-balance and shape tree in curtain areas. We need to selectively prune curtain lateral branches by approximately 2-5m, remove small and large dead branches and dead hanging fallen branches. T2 - Plumb - Remove tree to ground level and replant with another species due to being very large and is riddled with Ganoderma applanatum we are noticing a lot more year after year.

Submitted
21 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CASTLE CARY
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 52 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Pines North Street Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7AY. South Somerset has handled 14,309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 10 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle Cary conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 100 applications in total for the BA7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BA7 7AY
Parish
Castle Cary

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 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.

  • Conservation area: Castle Cary
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The PinesOn or next to this site · +1 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Apr

    Notification of intent to Fell No.3 Trees within a Conservation Area.

    ApprovedWork to Trees25/00982/TCA

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