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Melbury House Lower North Cheriton Road North Cheriton Templecombe Somerset BA8 0AL

26/02294/TCAApproved

Approved on 5 November 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

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

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree works to No2 Trees within a Conservation area. T1 Liquidamber styraciflua -The tree is starting to be too large for its growing space since the species it is viable to reduce the tree to mitigate its overdominance by carry out an overall reduction of radial spread by maximum of 1.5 metres to manage size and improve shape. T2 Walnut -The tree is starting to be too large for its growing space since the species it is viable to reduce the tree to mitigate its overdominance by carry out an overall reduction of radial spread by maximum of 1.5 metres to manage size and improve shape.

Received
28 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKMOOR VALE
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 38 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Melbury House Lower North Cheriton Road North Cheriton Templecombe Somerset BA8 0AL. South Somerset has handled 14,309 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the North Cheriton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across BLACKMOOR VALE. We hold 297 applications in total for the BA8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BA8 0AL
Parish
North Cheriton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2026
Target decision date
9 November 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: North Cheriton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Upper Hook CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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