Perrott Hill School Willis Lane North Perrott Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7SL Data via plota.co.uk

26/01969/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Cypress - remove, to favour the Cedar next to it. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II* listed: North Perrott Manor House (Perrott Hill School)
List entry 1175931 · 0 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 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 ↗
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.
North Perrott 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 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
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

Application type
Work to Trees
Postcode
TA18 7SL
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
COKER
Parish
North Perrott
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
29 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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Agent
ARB Tree and Grounds Management

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 →

Public comments

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Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No