Rockville Sunny Hill Bruton Somerset BA10 0NY Data via plota.co.uk

26/01062/TCA - Work to Trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Sycamore tree. Half the tree completely dead no leaves and no bark on the top half of the tree. Tree is right on edge of steep bank going down to the road through pitcombe with houses on the other side, and a large power line which services pitcombe. Tree is serious need of reduction and then removal the bottom half of the tree is stable but showing signs of bark peeling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Approved
4 Jun 2026

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

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue 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.
Pitcombe 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 6
An estimated 30% or more 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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Bruton 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £200,000 in April 2002. Detached house, freehold.

12 April 2002£200,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
South Somerset
Application type
Work to Trees
Postcode
BA10 0NY
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
WINCANTON AND BRUTON
Parish
Pitcombe
Target decision
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 24 days from validation, 17 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-14924544
Planning Portal ref
PP-14924544
Statutory expiry
22 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.