Wells Museum 8 Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UE
Approved on 12 February 2024
Council decision: TCA ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Magnolia Grandiflora - Prune and remove vertical limbs to previous pruning points and prune lateral limbs.T2 - Hawthorn - Crown thin and shape canopy.
- Received
- 19 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Agent
- Whitebeam Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Wells Museum 8 Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UE. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division. 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 2UE
- Application type
- Works/Felling Trees in a CA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 4 March 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Whitebeam Tree Services
- Agent address
- 48 Manor Court Easton Wells BA5 1ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Oct
Erection of 3m x 1m PVC banner with the name & logo of the museum on wall of building.
PendingListed building consent2025/1858/LBC - 20258 Jul
Installation of a 3m x 1m PVC banner with a fixed galvanised steel frame on side elevation.
PendingAdvertisement consent2025/1274/ADV - 20227 Apr
To affix a plaque onto the frontage of Wells Museum
ApprovedListed building consent2022/0720/LBC - 20212 Dec
T1 Goat Willow- Remove
ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2021/2756/TCA
Source: Mendip
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