Masons Little Street Norton Sub Hamdon Stoke Sub Hamdon Somerset TA14 6SR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01196/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to reduce crown of No. 1 Cherry tree so that it measures approx 7m tall and 15-20m across, remove No. 1 Cherry tree, prune No. 1 Apple tree along conventional lines and reshape No. 1 Magnolia tree 5m tall and 8m across within a Conservation Area. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:58

Application progress

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Received

25 May 2026

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Validated

26 May 2026

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Approved

2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

14 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Brookside Cottage, Grade II, about 28 m from the postcode pin · 14 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.

Show all 14 with distances

28 mBrookside CottageGrade II
40 mBrook CottageGrade II
70 mBrook House, and Front Boundary WallsGrade II
85 mPost Office and Adjoining CottageGrade II
93 mMerle CottageGrade II
96 mPill BridgeGrade II
98 mPear Tree CottageGrade II
114 mChurch RowGrade II
123 mThe Reading RoomGrade II
124 mCourtfieldGrade II
128 mWest and South Boundary Wall, With Gateway to CourtfieldGrade II
140 mDavidgesGrade II
141 mTudor CottageGrade II
145 mThatchings, and Front Boundary Walls and RailingsGrade II

Historic England ↗

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.

Norton sub Hamdon 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 ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Public footpath about 13 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.

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 3; Inside the Norton sub Hamdon 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 2

Last sold for £475,000 in October 2006. Detached house, freehold.

4 October 2006£475,000

25 June 1998£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: TA14 6SR
Received: 25 May 2026
Validated: 26 May 2026
Ward: COKER
Parish: Norton Sub Hamdon
Target decision: 7 Jul 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 2 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 4 days faster than South Somerset's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one37d

Council41d

UK36d

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 →