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Higher Kedget Farm, Churchstanton

10/24/0003Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 9 October 2024

Proposal

Erection of a poultry shed (broiler house) with construction of extension to access track at Higher Kedget Farm, Churchstanton

Received
9 February 2024
Council
Taunton Deane
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Higher Kedget Farm, Churchstanton. Taunton Deane has handled 2,154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 243 days, 27 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Churchstanton

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2024
Consultation expiry
3 May 2024
Consultation start
12 April 2024
Consultation end
3 May 2024
Target decision date
30 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HESTERCOMBE HOUSE HESTERCOMBE TAUNTON TA2 8LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3363366
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 December 2025Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
71

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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