Bossington Road, Selworthy, Minehead, TA24 8HN Data via plota.co.uk

EXM/26/162/TCA - Tree(s) in Conservation Area Under Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to trees in a conservation area: To crown lift 1no Willow Tree (3996) to height of 2.5 metres and to fell 1no Cherry Tree (3997) to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 24 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 108.

The consultation period closed on 6 Aug 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 12

Special area of conservation
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Myrtle Cottage, Grade II, about 15 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Exmoor National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Allerford conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage coast: Exmoor
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument about 130 m away: Allerford packhorse bridge, immediately north of Cross Lane Farm
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservationCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; SSSI about 304 m away: Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh SSSI; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Traditional orchard; Flood defence about 45 m from the postcode pin (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Other new applications on this street

13 Jul 2026Pending

23 Bossington Road, Selworthy, Minehead, TA24 8HN

Works to trees in a conservation area: To fell 1no Cherry Tree.

EXM/26/161/TCA
24 Aug 2026Withdrawn

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Discharge of Condition 3 (Ironmongery) of approved application 6/29/25/006LB

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Important details

Council
Exmoor
Application type
Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Postcode
TA24 8HN
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 108, past the statutory target. 100% of tree works in Exmoor are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 10852 days past the 56-day target
33%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
12decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree works decided by Exmoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Exmoor decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jul 2026
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Withdrawn
FERN COTTAGE, ALLERFORD, MINEHEAD, TA24 8HN
Lawful development certificate for the existing use of Hotel/Guest House (C1 use) as dwel…
6/29/22/131
2023 Approved
FERN COTTAGE, ALLERFORD, MINEHEAD, TA24 8HN
Proposed erection of replacement garage. Retrospective.
6/29/23/003
2022 Refused
FERN COTTAGE, ALLERFORD, MINEHEAD, TA24 8HN
Lawful development certificate for the regularisation of replacement garage.
6/29/22/130
2022 Approved
CHERRY TREES, ALLERFORD, MINEHEAD, TA24 8HN
Listed Building Consent for the proposed installation of secondary glazing.
6/29/22/122LB
2019 Approved
The Forge, Bossington Road, Selworthy, TA24 8HN
Works to Trees in Conservation Area: Alder clump (tag number 3150) Fell clump of trees to…
WTCA 20/02
Exmoor
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#179 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Exmoor is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #248 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Exmoor decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #10 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #15 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #248 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #234 of 296
100%
Minor dwellings approved
4 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Change of use approved
26 decided
174
Total decisions
7 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings