Church Paddock Holton Road Holton Wincanton Somerset BA9 8AX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00987/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out tree surgey work to Group of Aspen Trees (G1) and No. 1 Salix sepulcralis (T1) within a Conservation Area. G 1 Group of Aspen - Overall reduction of canopy spread by approx. 3.5 metres. T1 Salix sepulcralis - Overall reduction of canopy spread by approx. 2.5 metres. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Apr 2026
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Approved
4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Granary, 20 Metres South of Manor Farmhouse, Grade II, about 19 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Holton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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 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

Application type
Work to Trees
Postcode
BA9 8AX
Received
30 Apr 2026
Validated
30 Apr 2026
Ward
BLACKMOOR VALE
Parish
Holton
Target decision
11 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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Agent
ANDREA MAISTRELLO ARBORICULTURE

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 6 days faster than South Somerset's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

91%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
272decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14899070
Planning Portal ref
PP-14899070
Statutory expiry
11 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No