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Beaufort House, 7 Rectory Road, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2BY

Refused Exmoor National Park 11/23/00023 Full Planning Permission

Works: Demolition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Demolition of buildings and the erection of 11no. new residential units in association to existing care home.

As published by the council, reference 11/23/00023

Application record

Reference
11/23/00023
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
1 Mar 2023
Validated
1 Mar 2023
Decided
19 Apr 2023
Parish
Burnham & Highbridge
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TA8 2BY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 11/19/00131 Granted

    Beaufort House, 7 Rectory Road, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2BY

    T8- Beech - Crown lift away from building by 1-2m. T9- Horse Chestnut - remove dead wood. T11- Sycamore - Fell. T12- Beech - remove diseased branch over lawn and deadwood. T13- Deadwood & formative prune/thin.T14- Poplar - Reduce in height and spread by approximately 6m. T15- Dead Poplar- Fell.T17- Lime - Re-pollard. T18 & T19 - Poplar - Reduce in height and spread to approximately 6m.T27 &T29- Lime - Re-pollard.

    Decided 22 Jan 2020 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Mar 2023

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 19 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

45 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Exmoor National Park refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Beaufort House, 7 Rectory Road, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2BY

    11/19/00131 Submitted 17 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    T8- Beech - Crown lift away from building by 1-2m. T9- Horse Chestnut - remove dead wood. T11- Sycamore - Fell. T12- Beech - remove diseased branch over lawn and deadwood. T13- Deadwood & formative prune/thin.T14- Poplar - Reduce in height and spread by approximately 6m. T15- Dead Poplar- Fell.T17- Lime - Re-pollard. T18 & T19 - Poplar - Reduce in height and spread to approximately 6m.T27 &T29- Lime - Re-pollard.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 1 Gardenhurst, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2QG

    11/24/00066 Submitted 12 Aug 2024 100 yards away

    Crown reduce height of 1No. Horse Chestnut (T1) (TPO Ref A2) by 3m and spread by 1-1.5m. Repollard 1No. London Plane (T2) (TPO Ref A2) back to previous pruning points.

    Granted Trees 6 docs
  • Avenue Tennis Club, The Grove, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2PA

    11/24/00087 Submitted 11 Dec 2024 100 yards away

    Erection of a canopy and enclosure over patio

    Granted Full applications 26 docs
  • Grass Verges along Gardenhurst and, The Grove, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8

    11/26/00007 Submitted 21 Jan 2026 100 yards away

    Fell 1No. Beech (T19) (TPO Ref T5) due to significant Meripilus giganteus colonisation. Crown reduce 1No. Sycamore (T18) (TPO Ref T6) by 1-2m to suitable reduction point (with finishing dimensions of approx. height of 15m and spread of 8m), following neighbouring tree removal. Repollard 1No. Plane (T1) (TPO Ref A3) to previous reduction points, removing epicormic and stem growth to 4m and install non-invasive static brace. Crown lift 1No. Oak (T2) (TPO Ref A3) to 4m over garden and 5.4m over road by removal of secondary growth, reduce extended branch over garden by 3m, remove deadwood (upper central stem and at 10m to west) and remove Ivy throughout. Crown lift/removal of stem growth to 4m 1No. Beech (T3) (TPO Ref A3), crown reduce declining central stem by 3-4m and remove ivy throughout and self-seeded oak at base. Crown lift 1No. Beech (T4) (TPO Ref A3) to 4m, over path and garden, crown reduce declining central stem by 4-5m and remove basal epicormic and stem growth to 3m. Crown lift 1No. Horse Chestnut (T5) (TPO Ref A3) to 4m, removing extended low limb over garden and deadwood.

    Granted Trees 5 docs
  • 38 Rectory Road, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2BZ

    11/19/00122 Submitted 27 Nov 2019 150 yards away

    Monterey Cypress (T1) Reduce height by 8m reshaping crown. Remove dead, split and hanging branches. Insert cobra brace at 2/3rd stem height. Monterey Cypress (T2) Remove split, hanging and dead branches.

    Granted Trees 5 docs
  • Homelane House, Rectory Road, Burnham On Sea, Somerset, TA8 2BX

    11/26/00067 Submitted 20 Jul 2026 150 yards away

    Crown lift 1No. Sycamore (T1) (TPO Ref T1) to create a 4m clearance from side overhanging neighbouring car park. Prune remaining long overextended laterals over neighbouring car park by up to 1.5m to suitable growth points.

    Granted Trees 4 docs

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    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications
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