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North Coker Hall Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9LA

Granted Exmoor National Park 25/02971/TCA Work to Trees

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 25/02971/TCA

Application record

Reference
25/02971/TCA
Type
Work to Trees
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
11 Dec 2025
Decided
5 Feb 2026
Ward
COKER
Parish
East Coker
Decision by
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Postcode
BA22 9LA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00916/TCA Granted

    North Coker Hall Main Street East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9LA

    Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 - Taxus, Baccata - Reduce South Westerly Growith by 2-2.5M.

    Decided 19 May 2026 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 5 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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ANDREA MAISTRELLO ARBORICULTURE Agent, a tree-works contractor

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Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 5 February 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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