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The Chapel, Cotford St. Luke

53/25/0007/TPruning of Tree(s) covered by TPOApproved

Approved on 27 January 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to carry out management works (crown-lifts) to 2 lime trees and 7 Western Red Cedars included in Taunton Deane Borough (Bishops Lydeard No.2) Tree Preservation Order 1992 on land to the east of Needhams Patch and south of The Chapel, Cotford St. Luke (TD545)

Received
18 November 2025
Council
Taunton Deane
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Chapel, Cotford St. Luke. Taunton Deane has handled 307 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Pruning of Tree(s) covered by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotford St Luke

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Target decision date
28 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE BETHELL MEAD COTFORD ST LUKE TAUNTON TA4 1HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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

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: Taunton Deane

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