17 North Street Chiselborough South Petherton Stoke Sub Hamdon Somerset TA14 6TH Data via plota.co.uk

26/01135/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 3 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 - Mature Bay to be repollarded to fence height (6-8ft). T2 - Semi Mature Corkscrew Willow to be repollarded to fence height (6-8ft). T3 - Pittosporum to be repollarded at fence height (6-8ft). Re-pollarding these at 6-8ft will reduce the current risk of limb failure around surrounding structures as well as becoming a more appropriate size for the garden and properties in close proximity. Bay, Corkscrew Willow and Pittosporum are different species that all tolerate pollarding well. Pollarding will also reduce the rate of root growth, preserving building structure and underground services. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
18 May 2026
Approved
1 Jul 2026

Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

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.
Chiselborough 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 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
TA14 6TH
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
COKER
Parish
Chiselborough
Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
1 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Somerse Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 6 days slower than South Somerset's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
193decided 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-14937082
Env. assessment
No