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Wellington School, South Street, Wellington

Granted Exmoor National Park 43/25/0107/T Works to Trees in Con. Area inc. Felling

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Notification to fell one Lawson Cypress tree and to re-pollard (to 2 metres above previous pollard points) one plane tree within Wellington Conservation Area at Wellington School, South Street, Wellington

As published by the council, reference 43/25/0107/T

Application record

Reference
43/25/0107/T
Type
Works to Trees in Con. Area inc. Felling
Status
Granted As published: Decision of No Objection - Trees was made by the Development Control Manager under delgated powers
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Decided
27 Jan 2026
Parish
Wellington

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2004: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 43/04/0173/T Granted

    WELLINGTON SCHOOL, SOUTH STREET, WELLINGTON .

    APPLICATION TO CARRY OUT TREE WORK TO ONE LIME TREE AND FOUR HORSE CHESTNUTS INCLUDED IN TAUNTON DEANE BOROUGH (WELLINGTON NO. 10) TREE PRESERVATION ORDER AT WELLINGTON SCHOOL, SOUTH STREET, WELLINGTON (TD 681).

    Decided 14 Feb 2005 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 27 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 27 January 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 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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