Lukes Close, Wellington Data via plota.co.uk

43/26/0008/T - Pruning of Tree(s) covered by TPO Approved

Proposal

T008 English Oak tree: Crown reduce height by up to 4m radially and reduce crown spread by 2m. Reason: Significant decay present in stem base presenting a higher risk of stem failure with a full crown. Carrying out a crown reduction will mitigate risk for stem failure in high winds at Lukes Close, Wellington Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jan 2026
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Approved
16 Mar 2026

Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · the Development Control Manager under delgated powers · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2, surveyed
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Bristol). 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.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 28 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Wellington (Somerset) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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.

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Important details

Application type
Pruning of Tree(s) covered by TPO
Received
22 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Parish
Wellington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Mar 2026
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
16 Mar 2026
Decision level
the Development Control Manager under delgated powers
Applicant
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Agent
ARBORICARE LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 11 days slower than Taunton Deane's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
146decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
30 Jan 2026
Comments by
20 Feb 2026