Rowan Cottage Church Street Castle Cary Somerset BA7 7EL Data via plota.co.uk

26/01284/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 2 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 - Oak: crown raise by approx 1-2m all around. Thin remainder of the canopy by approx 20%. Both processes are in aid of encouraging better light to the gardens to allow shrubs etc to flourish and to provide clearance from the outbuildings. T2 - Apple: thin by up to 20%. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:59

Application progress

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Received

4 Jun 2026

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Approved

6 Jul 2026

Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

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.

Castle Cary 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 ↗

Public footpath about 18 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.

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

18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Scheduled monument about 229 m away: A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park Pond; Inside the Castle Cary 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.

Sales history 1

No sale at a full price is recorded: the entries below are transfers of land or at a nominal price.

30 October 2020£8,000Other property, freehold. A nominal price

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: BA7 7EL
Received: 4 Jun 2026
Validated: 4 Jun 2026
Ward: CASTLE CARY
Parish: Castle Cary
Target decision: 16 Jul 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 6 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant: Show
Agent: Bruton Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, 10 days faster than South Somerset's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one32d

Council42d

UK36d

89%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

319decided 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 →