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26/01033/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Application to carry out a height reduction of approx 1.5m to No.01 Holm Oak (T1), carry out height and spread reduction by 1.5-2m and remove deadwood throughout to No.01 Lime tree (T3) and educe the upper crown height by 1.5-2m and remove deadwood throughout crown to No.01 Lime tree (T4) included within Yeovil District Council Tree Preservation Order (DRAY 1) 1984. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Approved
15 Jun 2026

Approved on 15 Jun 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Drayton 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 ↗
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Half Thatch, Grade II, about 48 m from the postcode pin · 5 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 ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 160 m away: Cross in St Catherine's churchyard; Inside the Drayton (Somerset) 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

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

Council
South Somerset
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
TA10 0LJ
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
CURRY RIVEL AND LANGPORT
Parish
Drayton
Target decision
1 Jul 2026
Decision
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Decision date
15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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Agent
Arboricare Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. 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-14912884
Planning Portal ref
PP-14912884
Statutory expiry
1 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 3 Trees within a Conservati…
22/02854/TCA
2022 Approved
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 3 Trees within a Conservati…
22/02854/TCA
2018 Approved
Application to carry out tree surgery works to protected trees T1-T4 in the YDC (DRAY 1)…
18/01626/TPO
2018 Approved
Application to carry out tree surgery works to protected trees T1-T4 in the YDC (DRAY 1)…
18/01626/TPO
Within ~100m

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