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3 Mountery Close Wells Somerset BA5 2QW

2025/1454/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAPending Decision

Proposal

T1 - Western Red Cedar - Cut down to ground level.

Received
7 August 2025
Target decision date
18 September 2025
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Mendip97% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 3 Mountery Close Wells Somerset BA5 2QW. Mendip has handled 765 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. It was submitted on 7 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,908 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2025/1454/TCA
Address
3 Mountery Close Wells Somerset BA5 2QW
Postcode
BA5 2QW
Local Authority
Mendip
Application Type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Wells Division
Parish
Wells City Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Hillside Trees Ltd
Agent Address
Hillside Trees Ltd 2 Hillside Bowden Hill Chilcompton Radstock BA3 4EN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
7 August 2025
Consultation Expiry
30 August 2025
Target Decision Date
18 September 2025
Date Validated
7 August 2025
Date Submitted
7 August 2025

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Site Notice End
30 August 2025

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14233522
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
9
Coordinates
51.212112, -2.647544
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Mendip

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Planning 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

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