Prior to BWGPC being formed, Hursey Common fell under the jurisdiction of the parish of Burstock. At last week’s Group Parish Council meeting an objection was raised by Hursey resident, James Brooke re: planning application, P/TRT/2021/03836, submitted by Andrew Shute of Burstock.
On the map shown above, Andrew’s field runs alongside Hursey Common and he proposes to erect a stock proof fence in his field alongside the hedgerow. The purpose of this fence is to prevent livestock escaping through the gaps in the hedgerow and dogs from Hursey Common accessing his field and livestock. It has become necessary to erect a fence by neighbouring properties, enabling livestock to be secured in that field.
James Brooke‘s initial objection was that no consultees had been listed and furthermore, that Andrew was not the owner of the trees. The field has been passed down to Andrew through three generations, Andrew Shute’s grandfather purchasing it in 1973. Mrs. Shute produced the deeds to the property, which clearly states their ownership of the land and indeed, the water that flows through it.
On visiting Mr. Shute’s field, the old fence can be seen as shown in the photograph above: the right arrow pointing to the old concrete post and the arrows on the left pointing to the wires. He intends to erect the new fence on his side of the old fence.
Mr. Brooke and others have expressed concern about trees being felled but the majority of tree work is in fact to remove protruding limbs to enable him to erect the fence. Any removal of trees is as shown in the photo above. The ash trees to be coppiced do have ash dieback. The area where the old fruit cage is was left in its current state by a former tenant.
The response date to this application has been extended to 2nd November 2021.
Mr. Shute has another application, P/PABA/2021/3639 to erect an agricultural building at the opposite side of and further up his field. His closest neighbour to the proposed site has no objection.
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