Planning application
Pastoral Kale Street Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6AE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Goat willow (H1) - Cut to 1m. Hawthorne (T1) - Reduce by 30% & thin by 20%. Hazel (T2) - Re-coppice to 50%. Willow (T3) - Re-pollard to last pruning points, remove approx 3m. Privet (H2) - Reduce by approx 1m.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0482/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0482/TCA
- Type
- Works/Felling Trees in a CA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- TCA Approval (No Objection)
- Received
- 5 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 29 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Mendip South Division
- Parish
- Batcombe Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA4 6AE
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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2025/2052/TCA Awaiting decision
Pastoral Kale Street Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6AE
T1 - Apple tree - Prune to tidy, remove crossing and dead branches 10% thin. T2 - Acer tree - Prune to tidy 0.5-1m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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19 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Apr 2026
Decision issued: TCA Approval (No Objection)
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 29 April 2026, 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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