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The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

Granted Exmoor National Park 2026/0126/APP Approval of Details - Cond

Works: Trees

Relates to 2025/0810/FUL

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

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) on planning consent 2025/0810/FUL (Removal & replacement of footbridge over the moat, with new wider pedestrian bridge).

As published by the council, reference 2026/0126/APP

Application record

Reference
2026/0126/APP
Type
Approval of Details - Cond
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Decided
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Wells Division
Parish
Wells City Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BA5 2PD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 11 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2026/1589/APP Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    Approval of details reserved by condition 1/2( Compliance Notes) 3 (Details of chimney recording and dimantling), 4 (Details of chimney repairs/stone replacement) 5 (Details of capping stone repair), 6 (Repointing), 7 (Compliance Notes) on Listed Building Consent 2023/1215/LBC

    Submitted 19 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 2026/1549/LBC Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    The installation solar photovoltaic panels on the west-facing inner roof slope of the Jocelin Range.

    Submitted 12 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 2026/1548/FUL Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    The installation solar photovoltaic panels on the west-facing inner roof slope of the Jocelin Range.

    Submitted 12 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • 2026/0732/TCA Granted

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    T1 - Magnolia - Crown reduction by 2m. T2 - Cherry - Fell. T3 - Hawthorn - Fell. T4 - Robinia - Fell. Replacement planting for all trees felled.

    Decided 26 May 2026 Trees
  • 2025/2284/LBC Withdrawn

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    Install photovoltaic solar panels to central valley of roof for Jocelin Range behind parapet on The Chapel.

    Decided 13 Feb 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 2025/2106/TCA Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    G1001 - Willow - Coppice all three coppice stools. T1002 - Willow - Coppice

    Submitted 21 Nov 2025 Trees
  • 2025/2078/TPO Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    M1154 - Cedar (shown as tree 668 on attached report) - Crown raise to 4.5m above access road. Reduce the following hyperextended lateral branches by 1.5m with 100mm maximum cut diameter. Lowest in the south west, lowest in the south ease, one at 7m north and one at 11m east. Any pruning on this species of tree shall be undertaken with caution to avoid making adjacent branches more vulnerable to breakage. M1154 - Horse Chestnut (shown as tree 1003 on attached report) - Crown raise to 4m above the access road. Reduce heigh of the tree back to previous pruning points. Reduce the spread of the north , east and western spread of the tree back to the previous pruning points. Remove no more than 2m in length with 75mm maximum cut diameter. M1154 - Beech (shown as tree 667 on attached report) - Reduce the length of the lowest lateral branch on the north wester aspect by 2m by removing one tertiary branch back to vertical growth - use one 150mm diameter cut

    Submitted 17 Nov 2025 Trees
  • 2025/1893/TCA Awaiting decision

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    T1 - Bay - Prune large stems down to coppice stool

    Submitted 17 Oct 2025 Trees
  • 2025/0810/FUL Granted

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    Removal & replacement of footbridge over the moat, with new wider pedestrian bridge.

    Decided 1 Aug 2025 Full applications
  • 2025/0811/LBC Granted

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    Removal & replacement of footbridge over the moat, with new wider pedestrian bridge.

    Decided 1 Aug 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jan 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 4 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 2025/0810/FUL Granted

    The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

    Removal & replacement of footbridge over the moat, with new wider pedestrian bridge.

    Decided 1 Aug 2025 Full applications

Who's behind it

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Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 4 March 2026, 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 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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