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Lower Withymead Chapel Lane Withypool Dulverton TA24 7QP

EXM/26/063/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 29 April 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from ancillary living accommodation to holiday let.

Received
23 February 2026
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lower Withymead Chapel Lane Withypool Dulverton TA24 7QP. Exmoor has handled 217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use to a self-catering holiday let does not meet any of the criteria under which non-serviced accommodation is permitted by Policy RT-D4 of the Exmoor Local Plan. The building does not form part of an existing self-catering complex, is not associated with a hotel or guesthouse, and does not relate to the diversification of a rural land-based business.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TA24 7QP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Application expires
20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National park: Exmoor
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Exmoor

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