25 New Street Wells Somerset BA5 2LE
Approved on 1 July 2016
Council decision: TPO Not Required (No Objection)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area: two purple leaf plums reduce lateral branches to give a maximum clearance from property of 1.5 metres. Balance as required.
- Received
- 6 June 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells St Thomas
- ReceivedReceived6 Jun
- ValidatedValidated6 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 25 New Street Wells Somerset BA5 2LE. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
96% of trees applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BA5 2LE
- Application type
- Works/Felling Trees in a CA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 June 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 1 July 2016
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2016
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 June 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 July 2016
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2016
- Decision issued
- 4 July 2016
- Permission expires
- 6 June 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Wells
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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, national parks, 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20227 Nov
T1 (Copper Beech) thin by 20% and reduce the lateral branches by 1m. Finishing pruning cuts to be no larger…
ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2022/2200/TCA - 20225 Oct
Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Joinery Details) on planning consent 2022/1426/LBC
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2022/2013/APP - 202214 Jul
Removal of part of internal wall between kitchen and dining room and closing off of current internal hallway…
ApprovedListed building consent2022/1426/LBC
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