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2 Rectory Cottages, Selworthy, Minehead, TA24 8TW

WTCA 25/16WTCAApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to trees in a conservation area: 1no Cherry (3757) to reduce extended limb, 1no Cherry (3758) to reduce crown by 2-3 metres, to fell 2no Elders leaning on chicken coop and to coppice 1no Sycamore in corner between gardens.

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 59 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 2 RECTORY COTTAGES, SELWORTHY, MINEHEAD, TA24 8TW. Exmoor has handled 928 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Selworthy 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 8TW
Application type
WTCA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Selworthy

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
3 October 2025
Consultation end
3 October 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025
Application expires
3 October 2025
Permission expires
26 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14290489
UPRN
10003763685
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Selworthy
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rectory CottageOn or next to this site
  • National park: Exmoor
  • Heritage coast: Exmoor
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (18)

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 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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