Planning application
33 High Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Hornbeam - Reduce height by up to 3m & spread by up to 1.5m
As published by the council, reference 2026/1701/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1701/TCA
- Type
- Works/Felling Trees in a CA
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Frome North Division
- Parish
- Rode Parish Council
- Postcode
- BA11 6PA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 2026, 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
Downlands Tree Surgery Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Warminster
Active · incorporated 2008 · Warminster
18 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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5 Lower Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PU
T1 - Plum - Reduce by 1.5m. T2 - Apple - Reduce by 1m.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
1 The Barton Lower Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PX
T1 - Magnolia Tree - Crown reduction by approx 2-3m.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
30 High Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PA
98% historically approved · decision due ~19 Nov
T1 Leylandii Cypress - Cut back laterally, T2 Holly - Reduction
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
45 High Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PB
Birch (T1) - Reduce height by up to 4m & spread by up to 2.5m on all sides. General pruning to round over and balance the trees shape. Conifer (T2) - Reduce height by up to 2.5m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Rode Baptist Church High Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PA
Tg1 (2 x Yew) - Reduce by 1-1.5 metres all round.
Granted Trees 7 docs -
20 - 22 Lower Street Rode Frome Somerset BA11 6PU
90% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct
Variation/Removal of condition 3 (Materials compliance) of planning permission 2026/0645/FUL (Construction of a new replacement garage, store and home workshop to replace former garage and shed)
Awaiting decision Amendments 9 docsSmall domestic
Other tree works applications
In Exmoor National Park
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50/26/00076 Granted
Westovers, West End, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4BA
Crown reduce 1No. Field Maple (T1) by 2.5m all round. Crown reduce 1No. Magnolia (T2) by 1.5m all round.
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15/26/00009 Granted
Selworthy House, Copsewood Lane, Stone Allerton, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2NS
Remove 1No. Crab Apple (T1) and 1No. Magnolia (T2) due to the structure of the wall.
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08/26/00095 Granted
19 Northfield, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7EZ
Whole crown reduction of 1No. Walnut (T1), removing 1.5m - 2m of growth to suitable growth points leaving the tree approx. final height and spread of 8.5m.
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08/26/00096 Granted
68 Friarn Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LJ
Reduce the overall height of 1No. Lime (T1) by approx. 2-3m and reduce the lateral spread by 1-2m all round to provide clearance from the adjacent garage and manage its size in relation to the limited space available leaving the tree approx. final height of 3m and approx. final lateral spread of 2-3m.
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17/26/00062 Granted
29 Round Oak Grove, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3BW
Crown reduce 1No. Oak (T1) (TPO Ref T1) on one side previously reduced back to previous pruning points.