East Stoke Cottage Windsor Lane Stoke Sub Hamdon Somerset TA14 6UE Data via plota.co.uk

26/01863/TCA - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out tree surgey works to No. 11 trees within a Conservation Area. T1= Mature ash tree around 20m in height, this tree is suffering with ash dieback. The tree is growing by windsor lane and multiple utility wires, also there is a house opposite. Reduce by 40% to make safe, this work will reinvigorate the tree so it can be retained for the future. T2=Remove ivy and major deadwood from the Bald cypress to lessen the sail area in strong winds. The tree is 7m tall. T3=Remove the dying turkish hazel by the pond area. This tree is 4m tall. T4= Remove the lowest limb over the road on the mature beech tree to stop it interfering with tractors and lorries T5= Crown lift the mature hornbeam by 5m to make way for planting a new native hedge this winter. T6= Coppice the hazel stem closest to the railings to lift the canopy away from the road and clear the railings. T7= Crown lift the 4 x sycamores along windsor lane by 5m to prevent interference with traffic. These trees are around 8m tall. T8= Crown lift the Line tree by windsor lace by 5m to prevent interference with traffic. This tree is around 8m tall AMENDED SPECIFICATION 29.09.26 T1= Ash - 4-5m radially crown reduction in height with end weight reduction on northern extended lateral up to 5m (see attached) T2=Remove ivy and major deadwood from the Bald cypress T3=Remove the Turkish hazel by the pond area. T4= Prune lowest limb over the road back to the boundary, to an appropriate pruning point T5= Crown lift the mature hornbeam to 5m from ground level to appropriate pruning points. T6= Coppice the hazel stem closest to the railings to lift the canopy away from the road and clear the railings. T7= Crown lift the 4 x sycamores to 5m from ground level and/or pull back to boundary up to a height of 5m. T8= Crown lift the Lime tree to 5m from ground level and/or pull back to boundary up to a height of 5m. All works in accordance with BS3998 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

10 Aug 2026

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Approved

29 Sept 2026

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

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: East Stoke Cottage

List entry 1116925 · 1 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 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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27 mAvalon With Outbuilding Attached to WestGrade II
31 mWell Cottage, With Wing Wall on South East CornerGrade II
34 mNorth and East Boundary Walls and Railings to East Stoke CottageGrade II
69 mEast Stoke Farmhouse, and Farm Buildings Attached, and Front Boundary WallingGrade II

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.

East Stoke 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 1

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.

Public footpath 24 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 Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,200,000 in February 2021. Detached house, freehold.

10 February 2021£1,200,000

19 September 2007£960,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: South Somerset
Application type: Work to Trees
Postcode: TA14 6UE
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 10 Aug 2026
Ward: MARTOCK
Parish: Stoke Sub Hamdon
Target decision: 21 Sept 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 29 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant: Show
Agent: Greenheart tree surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 9 days slower than South Somerset's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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Council41d

UK36d

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 →