Denbury Farm Northway Lane Ash Priors Bishops Lydeard TA4 3NA

02/25/0001Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 5 August 2025

Proposal

Change of use of holiday accommodation and 2 No. dwellings into a six bedroom care home with 1 No. night staff accommodation and 1 No. managers cottage at Denbury Farm, Northway Lane, Ash Priors

Received: 2 April 2025
Council: Taunton Deane

ReceivedReceived2 Apr
ValidatedValidated15 May
Consult.Consultation6 Jun
TargetTarget Date10 Jul
DecidedDecided5 Aug

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at DENBURY FARM NORTHWAY LANE ASH PRIORS BISHOPS LYDEARD TA4 3NA. Taunton Deane has handled 2,154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 629 applications in total for the TA4 postcode area.

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

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Application details

Postcode: TA4 3NA
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ash Priors

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 6 June 2025
Consultation start: 16 May 2025
Consultation end: 6 June 2025
Target decision date: 10 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: DENBURY FARM NORTHWAY LANE ASH PRIORS BISHOPS LYDEARD TA4 3NA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 22

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)
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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.

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Source: Taunton Deane

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