Planning application
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees
As published by the council, reference T/07/25/004
Application record
- Reference
- T/07/25/004
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order - works related
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permission not required
- Received
- 8 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 11 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Dunster
- Parish
- Crowcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TA4 4BJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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3/07/24/002 Granted
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Internal reinstatement works following an escape of water which has affected various rooms on the ground floor (retention of part works already undertaken)
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T/07/23/002 Granted
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Application to fell one lime tree, one alder and 3 ash trees and to carry out management works to 3 oaks, one ash, one goat willow tree and one sweet chestnut tree included in West Somerset District (Stogumber 1993) Tree Preservation Order T/3/81. (Additional removal of dead trees and branches included in the application does not require permission)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Dec 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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11 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Permission not required
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27 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Arboricare Limited Agent, registered in Somerset
Active · incorporated 2006 · Somerset
15 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 11 December 2025, 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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Application to fell one lime tree, one alder and 3 ash trees and to carry out management works to 3 oaks, one ash, one goat willow tree and one sweet chestnut tree included in West Somerset District (Stogumber 1993) Tree Preservation Order T/3/81. (Additional removal of dead trees and branches included in the application does not require permission)
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07/26/00013 Granted
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43/26/00008 Granted
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17/26/00054 Granted
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43/26/00011 Granted
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