Former Batch Nurseries, Rectory Way, Lympsham, Weston-super-mare, Somerset, BS24 0ES

31/26/00006Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use and occupation of caravan as a residential unit for in excess of ten years.

Submitted: 2 October 2026
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted2 Oct
ValidatedValidated2 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Oct

Decided in 19 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application at Former Batch Nurseries, Rectory Way, Lympsham, Weston-super-mare, Somerset, BS24 0ES. Sedgemoor has handled 12 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 563 applications in total for the BS24 postcode area.

82% of cert. of lawfulness for existing use applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BS24 0ES
Application type: Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Parish: Lympsham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Liam Evans

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)

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 parks, 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.

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

Source: Sedgemoor

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