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Old Cleeve Farm, Lower Bilbrook Lane to Old Cleeve Farm, Old Cleeve, Minehead, TA24 6HU

T/26/20/003Tree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 November 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification to fell 29 Leyland Cypress trees and to carry out management works to one Rowan tree and various fruit trees within Old Cleeve Conservation Area

Received
12 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
(SWT)Old Cleeve & District
Agent
Thinking Buildings Limited
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Cleeve Farm, Lower Bilbrook Lane to Old Cleeve Farm, Old Cleeve, Minehead, TA24 6HU. West Somerset has handled 197 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 6HU
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Old Cleeve

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2020
Consultation expiry
30 October 2020
Consultation start
23 September 2020
Consultation end
30 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
23 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2020
Last date for comments
30 October 2020
Target decision date
30 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thinking Buildings Limited
Architect profile
THINKING BUILDINGS LIMITED
Agent address
Bloxham Mill Business Park, Bloxham, Banbury, OX15 4FF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 September 2020
Advertisement expiry
30 October 2020
Site notice start
9 October 2020
Site notice end
30 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08968702
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
10

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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