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Moorfield Cottage, Moor Road, Minehead, TA24 5RX

T/21/23/007Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 November 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification to fell one cherry tree within Higher Town Conservation Area

Received
29 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Minehead
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Moorfield Cottage, Moor Road, Minehead, TA24 5RX. West Somerset has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Minehead. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at West Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA24 5RX
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Minehead

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2023
Consultation expiry
2 November 2023
Consultation start
12 October 2023
Consultation end
2 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
12 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 November 2023
Last date for comments
10 November 2023
Target decision date
10 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 November 2023
Site notice end
2 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12492609
Documents
9
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

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: West Somerset

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