Planning application
Quarry Cottages Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3PY
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (External Walls), condition 4 (Joinery Details), condition5 (Ducts, Pipes and Rainwater Goods), condition 8 (Tree Protection Plan), condition 9 (Flooding-Finished Floor Levels), condition 10 (Foul Drainage), condition 11 (Surface Water Drainage), condition 14 (Provision of Bat Box) and condition 18 (Schedule of restoration works) on permission 2020/1959/FUL.
As published by the council, reference 2023/0672/APP
Application record
- Reference
- 2023/0672/APP
- Type
- Approval of Details - Cond
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal
- Received
- 11 Apr 2023
- Validated
- 30 May 2023
- Decided
- 25 Aug 2023
- Ward
- Mendip Central And East Division
- Parish
- Mells Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA11 3PY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Apr 2023
Received by Exmoor National Park
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30 May 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Aug 2023
Decision issued: Refusal
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2 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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