Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

5 Collett Way Frome Somerset BA11 2XR

Refused Exmoor National Park 2026/0734/TPO Works/Felling of TPO Trees

Works: Trees

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Fell/remove mature oak tree covered by TPO M282 due to ongoing subsidence damage to adjacent structures and root encroachment beneath foundations.

As published by the council, reference 2026/0734/TPO

Application record

Reference
2026/0734/TPO
Type
Works/Felling of TPO Trees
Status
Decided
Decision
TPO Refusal
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
17 Apr 2026
Decided
19 May 2026
Ward
Frome East Division
Parish
Frome Town Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BA11 2XR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Apr 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 19 May 2026

    Decision issued: TPO Refusal

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Bath

1 application on PlanIndex

Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.

See who's behind it

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

16 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

Exmoor National Park refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 16 Churchward Drive Frome Somerset BA11 2XL

    2023/1310/HSE Submitted 10 Jul 2023 156m away

    Proposed extensions and alterations

    Granted Householder Extension 18 docs
    Domestic

  • 7 Blagdon Walk Frome BA11 2XX

    2020/0524/HSE Submitted 9 Mar 2020 166m away

    Erection of detached garden building.

    Granted Householder 12 docs
    Domestic

  • 14 Trevithick Close Frome Somerset BA11 2XA

    2025/2032/CLP Submitted 7 Nov 2025 172m away

    91% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jan

    Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for demolish & replace porch on front elevation.

    Awaiting decision Lawful development Extension Demolition 6 docs
    Small domestic

  • Malthouse Lane Business Centre Area E2 Commerce Park Frome Somerset

    2026/1373/NMA Submitted 20 Jul 2026 257m away

    Non-Material Amendment to permission 2021/0137/FUL (Industrial development of 61 business units arranged in 9 blocks (falling in a flexible use of classes E(g)(i) (Formerly B1a/B8) to be constructed in two phases on area E2 and a single industrial building comprising 2 units (falling in a flexible use of classes E(g)(i)/E(g)(iii) (formerly B1a/B1c)/B8) on area E1, as permitted by Part 3 Class V of General Permitted Development Order (2015).

    Granted Amendments 13 docs
    Several homes

  • 50 Croscombe Gardens Frome BA11 2YF

    2020/0791/HSE Submitted 20 Apr 2020 296m away

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
    Small domestic

  • 43 Wellow Drive Frome Somerset BA11 2DU

    2021/2372/HSE Submitted 18 Oct 2021 313m away

    Erection of rear single storey extension. Installation of solar water heating panels to the south-west roof slope.

    Granted Householder Extension 11 docs
    Small domestic

In Exmoor National Park

  • 07/26/00013 Granted

    90 Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4EH

    Crown reduce 2No. Monterey Cypress (T1 & T2) (TPO Ref T1 and T2) by 1.5m - 2m leaving the tree approx. final height and spread of 20m and reduce back from chimneys to leave a 2.5m clearance. Crown reduce 1No. Acacia (T3) (TPO Ref T1) by 1.5m leaving the tree approx. final height and spread of 12m.

    26 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 43/26/00008 Granted

    St Marys Church, Church Road, Shapwick, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9NH

    Crown raise low canopy of 1No. Cedar of Lebanon (T1) to 2.4m above ground level over gravestones to allow for mowing access. Fell group of 5No. Monterey Cypress (T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6) and replace with more suitable species. Reduce lateral branches extending towards the church of 1No. Cedar of Lebanon (T7) by 3.6m as practicable. Crown raise low canopy of 1No. Cherry (T8) to 2.4m above ground level to allow for mowing access. Remove 1No. dead unknown species (T17).

    18 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 17/26/00054 Granted

    Land to the South of Water Works, Sharpham Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27

    Removal of 4No. up to 15m sections of hedgerow (H1, H2, H3, and H4 as shown on submitted plans) to allow for pipeline installation and for plant and machinery access. The hedgerows will be replanted upon completion of the works.

    17 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 43/26/00011 Granted

    The Old Vicarage, Main Road, Shapwick, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9LP

    Fell 1No. False Acacia (T1)

    20 Aug 2026 Trees
  • 17/26/00049 Withdrawn

    Land to the South of Water Works, Sharpham Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27

    Removal of 2No. up to 15m sections of hedgerow (H1 and H2 as shown on submitted plans) to allow for pipeline installation and for plant and machinery access. The hedgerows will be replanted upon completion of the works.

    7 Aug 2026 Trees