1 Rectory Cottages Selwood Street Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3PN Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1429/TCA - Works/Felling Trees in a CA Approved

Proposal

T1 - Willow - Repollard to contain tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jul 2026
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Validated
4 Aug 2026
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Approved
14 Sept 2026

Approved on 14 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Rectory Cottages
List entry 1345291 · 12 m away · 20 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 13 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 20 with distances
Historic England ↗
Mells 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 37 m away: Mells Manor House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
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 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 2 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Mells 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. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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
BA11 3PN
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Parish
Mells Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Sept 2026
Decision
TCA Approval (No Objection)
Decision date
14 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
P Shirley

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 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
242decided 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 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

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