Land At Hinton House West Street Hinton St George Somerset TA17 8SR Data via plota.co.uk

26/00994/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Application to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Fraxinus Excelsior - Remove as it is causing significant damage to the boundary wall of the church. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Site constraints 8

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.
Registered park or garden: Hinton House
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Hinton St George 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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
8 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Hinton St George built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, 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 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
TA17 8SR
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR
Parish
Hinton St George
Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
Show
Agent
ARB Tree and Grounds Management

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 23 days slower than South Somerset's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No