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14-16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

Granted Exmoor National Park 08/25/00177 Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Fell 1No. Maple (T1) and 1No. Hawthorn (T2) located in the rear of No.14 Castle Street.

As published by the council, reference 08/25/00177

Application record

Reference
08/25/00177
Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Granted Permission
Received
24 Sep 2025
Validated
24 Sep 2025
Decided
25 Oct 2025
Parish
Bridgwater
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TA6 3DB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 2 refused.

  • 08/21/00112 Refused

    14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    Change the use and conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Decided 9 Oct 2021 Full applications
  • 08/21/00113 Refused

    14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    Conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Decided 9 Oct 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 25 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 25 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    08/21/00112 Submitted 31 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Change the use and conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Refused Full applications New dwelling 22 docs

  • 14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/21/00113 Submitted 31 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Refused Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 18 docs

  • 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

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    08/21/00092 Submitted 16 Jun 2021 50 yards away

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