Planning application
25/02610/TCA
Weston Cottage Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9HY
Proposal
Notification of intent to dismantle No.1 Beech tree to ground level within a Conservation Area.
As published by the council, reference 25/02610/TCA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Oct 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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27 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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25/02610/TCA Granted
Weston Cottage Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9HY
Notification of intent to dismantle No.1 Beech tree to ground level within a Conservation Area.
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24/01908/TCA Granted
Violet Cottage Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9HY
Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area.
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24/02405/TCA Granted
Odmoor House Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9HY
Notification of intent to Fell No. 4 Trees and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area.
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25/02971/TCA Granted
North Coker Hall Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9LA
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery work to No. 1 London Plane tree within a Conservation Area. Reduction of south and south east quadrant and central apical portion by drop crotch pruning on tertiary branch scaffold where radial spread of outer canopy will be retrenched by approx. 3 metres from the outer branch tips. Shortening east lower quadrant by 2.5 metres to mitigate mechanical stress on overextended limb and gently ease conflict with adjacent magnolia solangiana. Pruning cuts will not exceed 60mm I diameter and in accordance with the 1/3rd rules. The overall reduction will decrease the sail factor and will shift the tree natural gravitational pull eastward toward lower occupancy zone. The tree has a hollow area with east side cavity where pool is present, although the ratio of residual wall thickness is still far greater than 1/3, however the reduction should be consider a multi stages retrenchment with a projected replication of reductions with 8-10 years interval to contain overall spread in long term.
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25/02971/TCA Granted
North Coker Hall Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9LA
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery work to No. 1 London Plane tree within a Conservation Area. Reduction of south and south east quadrant and central apical portion by drop crotch pruning on tertiary branch scaffold where radial spread of outer canopy will be retrenched by approx. 3 metres from the outer branch tips. Shortening east lower quadrant by 2.5 metres to mitigate mechanical stress on overextended limb and gently ease conflict with adjacent magnolia solangiana. Pruning cuts will not exceed 60mm I diameter and in accordance with the 1/3rd rules. The overall reduction will decrease the sail factor and will shift the tree natural gravitational pull eastward toward lower occupancy zone. The tree has a hollow area with east side cavity where pool is present, although the ratio of residual wall thickness is still far greater than 1/3, however the reduction should be consider a multi stages retrenchment with a projected replication of reductions with 8-10 years interval to contain overall spread in long term.
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26/01354/TPO Awaiting decision
The Spinney Yeovil Road East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9HS
Application to prune and remove branches to No.01 Acer Pseudoplatanus (T1), prune growth by 2-3m to No.01 Cotoneaster (T2), prune by 1.5-2m to No.01 Thusa Plicata (T13), fell No.01 Fraxinus Excelsior (T12), selective thin No.03 Thuja trees (G2) and remove lateral growth by 2-3 m (G1) included witin South Somerset Tree Preservation Order (EACO 1) 1984.
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