Keepers Cottage, 8 Williton to Bridgwater Road, Nether Stowey, TA5 1LE
Approved on 13 November 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential with formation of driveway from northern boundary
- Received
- 18 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Agent
- HL Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Mar
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation22 Apr
- TargetTarget Date13 May
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 240 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Keepers Cottage, 8 Williton to Bridgwater Road, Nether Stowey, TA5 1LE. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 240 days, 26 weeks longer 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 1LE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Holford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 22 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 19 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 22 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 13 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- HL Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- HL ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- 58, Polsloe Rd, Exeter, EX1 2EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 April 2024
- Site notice start
- 31 March 2024
- Site notice end
- 22 April 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, National Landscapes, 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.
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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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