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Woodlands Farm Steart Road Babcary Somerton Somerset TA11 7EE

10/04721/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 5 January 2011

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of an existing store barn into 2 no. holiday cottages. ( GR 356200/127688)

Received
11 November 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CARY
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woodlands Farm Steart Road Babcary Somerton Somerset TA11 7EE. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 738 applications in total for the TA11 postcode area.

96% of full applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA11 7EE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Babcary

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2010
Target decision date
6 January 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Colin Dawson Associates 4 Prestbury The Drive Woolavington Brodgewater Somerset TA7 8EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    20 Feb

    Section 73A application to remove condition 5 of planning approval 11/01149/FUL

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)15/00981/S73
  2. 2013
    23 Dec

    Change of use of agricultural barn to storage of furniture - retrospective. (GR: 356200/127688

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application14/00041/FUL
  3. 2013
    30 Oct

    Proposed steel framed feed store for agricultural purposes (GR: 356200/127688

    WithdrawnFull Application13/04498/FUL
  4. 2012
    4 Apr

    Erection of an agricultural steel framed barn for the storage of hay and straw (GR; 356200/127688

    ApprovedAgricultural notification 28 days12/01383/AGN
  5. 2009
    9 Dec

    The erection of a triple garage with studio over. ( GR 356200/127688

    WithdrawnFull Application09/04862/FUL
  6. 2008
    17 Jul

    Notification to erect an agricultural steel framed barn to store feed and plant (GR 356200/127688

    ApprovedAgricultural notification 28 days08/03069/AGN

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