The Old Forge, Crowcombe Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4AQ
Approved on 31 March 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
Proposal
Replacement of first floor windows to northerly two storey wing, replacement of roof finish and remodelling of former garage, reinstatement of first floor bathroom door.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Dunster
- Agent
- Alban Building Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a garage at The Old Forge, Crowcombe Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4AQ. West Somerset has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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.
100% of heritage 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 4AQ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Crowcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Alban Building Consultancy
- Agent address
- 44 Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, TA4 3LH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sarah Wilsher
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 1 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 23 February 2026
Site constraints
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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