Planning application
The Roundhouse Bishopston Montacute Yeovil Somerset TA15 6UU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Notification of intent to carry out tree surgery works to No. 1 Beech tree within a Conservation Area. Tree to be shaped, crown balanced and a light thinning of dead crossing branches and branches overhanging the neighbours garden building.
As published by the council, reference 26/01974/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01974/TCA
- Type
- Work to Trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- COKER
- Parish
- Montacute
- Postcode
- TA15 6UU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 October 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 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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 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.
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