Land to the east of 9 Higher Street, East Quantoxhead, Nether Stowey, TA5 1EL
Approved on 19 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Erection of a single storey building to house water treatment equipment with the siting of 2 No. water storage tanks
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Agent
- Land & Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land to the east of 9 Higher Street, East Quantoxhead, Nether Stowey, TA5 1EL. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Watchet & Stogursey. We hold 789 applications in total for the TA5 postcode area.
91% of full 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
- TA5 1EL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Quantoxhead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Land & Planning
- Agent address
- Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Winchester House, Deane Gate Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2UH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gemma Webster
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14646623
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 5
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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