West Hill House West Hill Wincanton Somerset BA9 9BZ
Approved on 14 January 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
The erection of a treehouse (part-retrospective)
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- WINCANTON AND BRUTON
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 44 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at West Hill House West Hill Wincanton Somerset BA9 9BZ. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 11 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across WINCANTON AND BRUTON. We hold 575 applications in total for the BA9 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
- BA9 9BZ
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wincanton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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, 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.
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Source: South Somerset
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