Cat Head Inn Cat Street Chiselborough South Petherton Somerset TA14 6TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/02213/TCA - Work to Trees Awaiting decision

Proposal

AMENDED SPECIFICATION: Notification to remove T2 Cedar and crown raise 2.5m from ground level T1 Willow (22.10.2026) Notification of intent to fell No.01 Weeping Willow (T1) and No.01 Western Red Cedar (T2) included within Conservation Area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

18 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 30 Oct 2026, from South Somerset's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Cat Head Inn

List entry 1057249 · 0 m away · 11 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 10 Grade II)

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 the other 11 with distances

30 mWarren CottageGrade II
61 mThe Court HouseGrade II
86 mUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulGrade II
88 mShepherd's CottageGrade II
91 mGroup of Six Monuments in Churchyard, Immerdiately South of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulGrade II
93 mGreenham Monument in Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of Former Chancel Doorway, Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulGrade II
101 mPitt Monument in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of Tower, Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulGrade II
105 mThe Roundwell, About 5 Metres South of No 11 North Street (Not Listed)Grade II
111 mDibble Monument in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulGrade II
112 mChurch of St Peter and St PaulGrade II*
136 mStrapp CottageGrade 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.

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 1

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 21 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: Work to Trees
Postcode: TA14 6TT
Received: 18 Sept 2026
Validated: 18 Sept 2026
Ward: COKER
Parish: Chiselborough
Target decision: 30 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Greenheart tree surgery

Decision outlook

Day 42 of the 56-day target. South Somerset usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 42.

prediction

Day 4214 days to the 56-day target

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 →