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St Dubricius Church, Parsons Street, Porlock, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8QJ

WTCA 24/16WTCAApproved

Approved on 10 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in conservation area: T1 - Yew. Trimming, via hedgecutter, of historic yew tree by approximately 10cm. T2 - Yew. 2m reduction of select limbs that are encroaching/damaging the guttering to the back of the church.

Received
26 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at St Dubricius Church, Parsons Street, Porlock, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8QJ. Exmoor has handled 928 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Porlock conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TA24 8QJ
Application type
WTCA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Porlock

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2024
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation end
4 October 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2024
Application expires
4 October 2024
Permission expires
9 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

First advertised
13 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13359354
UPRN
MAN000000000097781
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Porlock
  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St DubriciusOn this site · +3 more
  • National park: Exmoor

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Exmoor

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