Planning application
The Glen Nursing Home Shapway Lane Evercreech Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6JS
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T9 - Horse chestnut - reduce two leaders by 3 metres to reduce weight and leverage. T10 - Walnut - reduce leader by 3 metres to reduce weight and leverage and to shape tree. T14 - Copper Beech - reduce 2 large layeracs by approx 25 feet by 3 metres to reduce leverage on non tensile forks. T22 - Horse chestnut - crown reduction of 3 metres all over to prune out dieback and reduce weight. T23 - Horse chestnut - Pollard tree at main tree forks approx 12 feet to prevent total tree failure in car park. T6 - Reduce crown by 3 metres all over.
As published by the council, reference 2023/1445/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 2023/1445/TPO
- Type
- Works/Felling of TPO Trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: TPO Approval
- Received
- 28 Jul 2023
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2023
- Decided
- 24 Oct 2023
- Ward
- Mendip South Division
- Parish
- Evercreech Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA4 6JS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0285/TPO Granted
The Glen Nursing Home Shapway Lane Evercreech Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6JS
Horse Chestnut (T1) - Reduce by 2 metres all over and removal of deadwood (M1084).
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2025/1479/TPO Awaiting decision
The Glen Nursing Home Shapway Lane Evercreech Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6JS
T15 - Copper Beech Tree - Reduction of northern side x 1.5-2m to reduce weight towards bungalow. (M1084).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jul 2023
Received by Exmoor National Park
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24 Oct 2023
Decision issued: TPO Approval
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22 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Osborne tree services Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Castle Cary
Active · incorporated 2022 · Castle Cary
71 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 96% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 24 October 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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