35 Hillside, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8AN Data via plota.co.uk

42/25/00022 - Works to Trees Approved

Proposal

Reduce height of 1No. Copper Beech (T1) (TPO Ref T1) by 2m, raise crown to 3.5m above ground level by removing smaller branches not exceeding 75mm in diameter and shorten branches in lower crown towards neighbours windows on Southeast side up to 5m above grown level by 1.5m max. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Oct 2026, 18:20

Application progress

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Received

11 Nov 2025

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Approved

15 Dec 2025

Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 361 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection

The site is about 361 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, about 361 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

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

Inside the Puriton 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 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £209,950 in August 2007. Semi-detached house, freehold.

24 August 2007£209,950

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

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Important details

Council: Sedgemoor
Application type: Works to Trees
Postcode: TA7 8AN
Received: 11 Nov 2025
Validated: 11 Nov 2025
Parish: Puriton
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted Permission
Decision date: 15 Dec 2025
Applicant: Show
Agent: Chris Groves Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 4 days faster than Sedgemoor's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one34d

Council38d

UK36d

100%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

92decided in the last year

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