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Orchard House Fairgarden Road Wootton Courtenay Minehead TA24 8RE

EXM/26/105/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 June 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness Refused

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for the proposed change of use of building to 1no dwelling house & 1no flat.

Received
22 April 2026
Council
Exmoor
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Orchard House Fairgarden Road Wootton Courtenay Minehead TA24 8RE. Exmoor has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Wootton Courtenay conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 postcode area.

93% of all applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA24 8RE
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026
Application expires
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Burton BA(Hons) BTP MRTPI Chartered

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wootton Courtenay
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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