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Widcombe Grange and Widcombe House, Churchinford Road, Culmhead .

29/25/0008Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 20 October 2026

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Proposal

Change of use of the Country House from commercial (sui generis) to residential (Class C3) at Widcombe Grange and Widcombe House, Churchinford Road, Culmhead (retrospective).

Received
17 November 2025
Council
Taunton Deane
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 336 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Widcombe Grange and Widcombe House, Churchinford Road, Culmhead .. Taunton Deane has handled 2,154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 337 days, 40 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Otterford

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
12 December 2025
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
12 December 2025
Target decision date
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE OCTAGON STANSELL ROAD TAUNTON TA1 3GG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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