Planning application
25/02933/TCA
32 Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6JY
Proposal
Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 4 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 = Beech tree, 15m in height, lift the lower canopy to 5m to create light and help the smaller adjacent trees. T2 = Hazel, Re-coppice. T3 = Dead Birch, Remove. T4 = Holly, 5m in height, reduce to 3m to bring more light into the orchard etc T5 = Ash, 20m in height. Crown lift to 5m to create light to help the adjacent trees.
As published by the council, reference 25/02933/TCA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Dec 2025
Received by Somerset
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4 Feb 2026
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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25/02933/TCA Granted
32 Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6JY
Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree and carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 4 Trees within a Conservation Area. T1 = Beech tree, 15m in height, lift the lower canopy to 5m to create light and help the smaller adjacent trees. T2 = Hazel, Re-coppice. T3 = Dead Birch, Remove. T4 = Holly, 5m in height, reduce to 3m to bring more light into the orchard etc T5 = Ash, 20m in height. Crown lift to 5m to create light to help the adjacent trees.
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25/02606/FUL Granted
Old School Farm Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6JU
Proposed extension to existing garage.
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25/02606/FUL Granted
Old School Farm Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6JU
Proposed extension to existing garage.
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26/01171/TCA Granted
Thistles Hurst Martock Somerset TA12 6JU
Notification of intent to reduce No.01 Robinia tree (T1) by 15ft included within Conservation Area
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24/02144/HOU Granted
Gogs Pool House 21 Hurst Martock Somerset TA12 6JU
Erection of detached garden room
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26/01736/TCA Awaiting decision
79 Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6JZ
Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. T1 Ash - Fell as outgrown immediate setting and causing physical and obstructs vital transition to renewable energy.
Other trees applications
In Somerset
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2026/0049/TCA Granted
Greenbank Horn Street Nunney Frome Somerset BA11 4NP
T1 - Persian Ironwood - Crown reduction by 1-2m, T2 - Beech - Ivy removal, T3 & T4 - Holly - crown reduction by 1-1.5m, T5 - Whitebeam - Removal of stump regrowth to ground level.
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26/00138/TCA Granted
St Benedicts Farm Knole Long Sutton Langport Somerset TA10 9HY
Notification of intent to perform 'regular; pollarding of No 12 Willow Trees on St. Benedict's Farm and the felling and removal of dead Elm trees from hedgerows within a Conservation Area.
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38/25/0446/T Granted
THE OLD SCHOOL RECTORY ROAD STAPLEGROVE TAUNTON TA2 6EJ
Notification to carry out lateral crown-reduction on east side, crown-lift to 5 metres above ground level and lateral reduction away from the road to a group of approximately 17 multi-stemmed boundary trees, predominently ash, maple and sycamore, to crown-lift one maple to rear of garage to 5 metres above ground and remove minor side stems to ground level, and to crown-reduce and thin 3 apple trees by approximately 30% within Staplegrove Conservation Area at The Old School, Rectory Road, Staplegrove
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38/25/0389/T Granted
40 and 41 The Avenue, Taunton
Notification to fell one pear tree and to carry out crown-reduction works to two apple trees, two magnolias, three coniferous trees and one cherry tree within Staplegrove Road Conservation Area at 40 and 41 The Avenue, Taunton
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17/26/0001/T Granted
Manor Farm, Washers Farm Lane, Fitzhead Fell 3x dead elms in hedge on western boundary Fell 1x sycamore on western boundary.
Reduce 2 No. sycamore on southern boundary to a minimum of six feet in height and 10 feet in crown spread to bring it in line with field boundary hedge at Manor Farm, Washers Farm Lane, Fitzhead Fell 3x dead elms in hedge on western boundary Fell 1x sycamore on western boundary.