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Fountain Farm Bishops Park Way To Constitution Hill Dulcote Wells Somerset BA5 3NU

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2025/0403/HIG High Hedges

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Assessment of a Hedgerow to consider its effect on a property - using criteria in the High Hedges legislation (Part 8 of the Antisocial Behavior Act 2003).

As published by the council, reference 2025/0403/HIG

Application record

Reference
2025/0403/HIG
Type
High Hedges
Status
Registered
Received
4 Mar 2025
Validated
18 Mar 2025
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Postcode
BA5 3NU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2021/1629/FUL Granted

    Fountain Farm Bishops Park Way To Constitution Hill Dulcote Wells Somerset BA5 3NU

    Conversion of storage building to a dwellinghouse

    Decided 18 Jan 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 May 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Exmoor National Park took a median of 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

1 document on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Exmoor National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exmoor National Park decided tree works applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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    Removal of 2No. up to 15m sections of hedgerow (H1 and H2 as shown on submitted plans) to allow for pipeline installation and for plant and machinery access. The hedgerows will be replanted upon completion of the works.

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