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Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

Refused Exmoor National Park 25/02958/TPO Tree Preservation Order

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Application to carry out tree surgery works to No. 1 Oak tree (T1) as shown by the South Somerset District Council (YEWI 1) 2013 Tree Preservation Order. T1 - Oak - Crown reduce by up to 4m to old points of failure. Remove split limb from lowest branch and reduce up to 5m to suitable growth points. Stabilise any major deadwood and crown lift to 3 meters from ground level.

As published by the council, reference 25/02958/TPO

Application record

Reference
25/02958/TPO
Type
Tree Preservation Order
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Decided
5 Feb 2026
Ward
YEOVIL WEST
Parish
Yeovil Without
Decision by
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 1 refused.

  • 24/02478/NMA Granted

    Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

    Application for a non-material amendment to permission 21/03838/REM to House type amendments to ON8, ON14-ON16, ON19-ON25, ON29-ON30, OE18-OE23. Various external facing material on ON15,19,22,30, OE18,21,22 rendered plots amended to buff or red brick.

    Decided 21 Nov 2024 Amendments
  • 23/01278/NMA Granted

    Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

    Non Material Amendment to Approved Application 21/03838/REM - Turning heads added to inner oval and OS38 & OS39 moved south by 1.5m, townhouses amended, flat roof garages replaced by pitched roof garages, OS12, OS25&OS26, OE25&OE26 amended from render to buff brick versions of the house types.

    Decided 7 Jun 2023 Amendments
  • 21/02693/NMA Granted

    Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

    Non Material Amendment to approved application 17/04400/REM to shorten the road serving Plots OS12-OS21 by approximately 27 metres by changing two double garages to two singles, and by inserting a turning head between Plots OS12 and OS13 instead of the turning head beyond and westwards of Plot OS12.

    Decided 22 Sep 2021 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 5 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Upton Specialised Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Wimborne

Active · incorporated 2010 · Wimborne

13 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 83% granted

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Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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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.

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  • Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

    24/02478/NMA Submitted 22 Oct 2024 200 yards away

    Application for a non-material amendment to permission 21/03838/REM to House type amendments to ON8, ON14-ON16, ON19-ON25, ON29-ON30, OE18-OE23. Various external facing material on ON15,19,22,30, OE18,21,22 rendered plots amended to buff or red brick.

    Granted Amendments 28 docs

  • Brimsmore Key Site Land To The North Of Thorne Lane Yeovil Somerset

    24/02548/NMA Submitted 29 Oct 2024 250 yards away

    Non Material Amendment to approved application 17/04400/REM for Estate Road to west of T1-4 replaced with Private Driveway and Turning head added to the north of R10 and R10-R11 realigned. House type, garage and boundary treatment amendments and refinements to ON1-ON6, ON9-ON13, OE9-OE17, S7, T1-T19 as illustrated on the submitted drawings. Various external facing material amendments as illustrated on the submitted materials plan, notably a reduction of rendered plots amended to painted brick, buff brick or red brick.

    Granted Amendments 34 docs

  • 12 Hillrick Crescent Yeovil Somerset BA21 3FL

    23/00617/HOU Submitted 6 Mar 2023 400 yards away

    Install conservatory to rear of property

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