The Old Rectory Tellisford Lane To Footpath Tellisford Frome Somerset BA2 7RL Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1179/TCA - Works/Felling Trees in a CA Approved

Proposal

T1 - Holm Oak - Crown lift to 5m over road & reduce crown by 2m. T2 - Ash - Crown lift up to 5m & reduce low lateral limb by up to 5m. T3 - Robinia - Remove deadwood & reduce crown by up to 3m. T4 - Robinia - Fell due to damage to wall Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: The Rectory With Boundary Wall, Gate Piers and Gate
List entry 1308041 · 8 m away · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 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.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3a
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) agrees.
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.
Public footpath 22 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 Expansion Zone
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Mendip
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Postcode
BA2 7RL
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Frome North Division
Parish
Tellisford Parish Meeting
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
TCA Approval (No Objection)
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
238decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Mendip in the last twelve months, from validation. Mendip decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Jul 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15030437
Planning Portal ref
PP-15030437
Comments by
14 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

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