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Stanacre Stables, Hill Lane, Bicknoller, TA4 4EF

3/01/25/011Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for prior notification for the erection of an agricultural storage building

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Dunster
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Stanacre Stables, Hill Lane, Bicknoller, TA4 4EF. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Dunster. We hold 629 applications in total for the TA4 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at West Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA4 4EF
Application type
Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bicknoller

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Last date for comments
30 December 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Agent address
Agricultural Department, Sedgemoor Auction Centre, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA6 6DF

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Webster
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14533723
Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Quantock 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.

Source: West Somerset

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