Planning application
Wallbridge Mill The Retreat Frome Somerset BA11 5JU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 (Willow) - Low pollard. G1 (Willow stems x 3) - Reduce height by five to six meters.
As published by the council, reference 2025/1526/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1526/TCA
- Type
- Works/Felling Trees in a CA
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Frome East Division
- Parish
- Frome Town Council
- Postcode
- BA11 5JU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/1039/TCA Granted
Wallbridge Mill The Retreat Frome Somerset BA11 5JU
T1 (Cherry) - Remove the damaged limb over the driveway. T2 (Willow) - Re-pollard the tree. T3 (Willow) - Remove the lower limb on the north side of the canopy. T4 (Willow) - Remove the two lower limbs on the south side that are growing towards the large ash tree. T5 (Willow) - Cut back the lower three/four limbs growing over the boundary fence.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Exmoor National Park took a median of 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Chapmanslade
Active · incorporated 2007 · Chapmanslade
30 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Exmoor National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exmoor National Park decided tree works applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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T1 (Cherry) - Remove the damaged limb over the driveway. T2 (Willow) - Re-pollard the tree. T3 (Willow) - Remove the lower limb on the north side of the canopy. T4 (Willow) - Remove the two lower limbs on the south side that are growing towards the large ash tree. T5 (Willow) - Cut back the lower three/four limbs growing over the boundary fence.
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Application to vary condition 2 (Plans List), 4 (Materials), 6 (Visibility Splay), 7 (Parking), 11 (Surface Water Drainage System) & 12 (CEMP) & remove condition 1 (Time Limit) & 9 (Contaminated Land - Verification Report) of planning approval 2021/2437/VRC (Application to remove conditions 16 & 17 (Permitted Development Rights - extension, roof, outbuildings or boundary treatments) of planning approval 2021/1083/FUL).
Granted Amendments Extension 15 docs -
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Application to remove conditions 16 and 17 (Permitted Development Rights - extension, roof, outbuildings or boundary treatments) of planning approval 2021/1083/FUL
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Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) from planning permission 2025/1151/VRC (Application to vary condition 2 (Plans List), 4 (Materials), 6 (Visibility Splay), 7 (Parking), 11 (Surface Water Drainage System) & 12 (CEMP) & remove condition 1 (Time Limit) & 9 (Contaminated Land - Verification Report) of planning approval 2021/2437/VRC (Application to remove conditions 16 & 17 (Permitted Development Rights - extension, roof, outbuildings or boundary treatments) of planning approval 2021/1083/FUL)).
Granted Conditions Extension 6 docs
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08/26/00095 Granted
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08/26/00096 Granted
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