22 Hillside, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8AW Data via plota.co.uk

42/26/00006 - Works to Trees Approved

Proposal

Reduce height of 1No. Lombardy Poplar (T2) (TPO Ref G1) by 11m to same height as adjacent neighbours tree, reduce overhanging branches to Southern side over neighbours garden to near boundary line and remove dead branches. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
16 Apr 2026

Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
National infrastructure project about 477 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection
The site is about 477 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, about 477 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Puriton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Sedgemoor
Application type
Works to Trees
Postcode
TA7 8AW
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Parish
Puriton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
16 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Groves Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
92decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Sedgemoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Sedgemoor decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Mar 2026
Comments by
11 Apr 2026