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Crowcombe Village Hall, Crowcombe Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4AQ

3/07/24/003Class J PV Equip Non DomesticApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of 26 No. solar photovoltaic panels to the roof

Received
20 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Dunster
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 131 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Crowcombe Village Hall, Crowcombe Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4AQ. West Somerset has handled 2,128 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
TA4 4AQ
Application type
Class J PV Equip Non Domestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Crowcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2024
Consultation expiry
17 April 2024
Consultation start
26 March 2024
Consultation end
17 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2024
Last date for comments
15 May 2024
Target decision date
15 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 April 2024
Site notice end
17 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12906719
Comments
0
Documents
11
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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