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16 Waterfield Close Bishops Hull Taunton TA1 5HB

05/23/0032/TPruning of Tree(s) covered by TPOApproved

Approved on 3 January 2024

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Proposal

Application to carry out management works to one oak tree included in Taunton Deane Borough (Bishops Hull No.1) Tree Preservation Order 1997 at 16 Waterfield Close, Bishops Hull, Taunton (TD700)

Received
12 October 2023
Council
Taunton Deane
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided3 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 WATERFIELD CLOSE BISHOPS HULL TAUNTON TA1 5HB. Taunton Deane has handled 307 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 146 applications in total for the TA1 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Taunton Deane were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA1 5HB
Application type
Pruning of Tree(s) covered by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishops Hull

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2023
Consultation expiry
22 December 2023
Consultation start
1 December 2023
Consultation end
22 December 2023
Target decision date
23 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 WATERFIELD CLOSE BISHOPS HULL TAUNTON TA1 5HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone 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 (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

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© 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.

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Source: Taunton Deane

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