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Beechfield House, The Parks, Minehead, TA24 8BT

3/21/12/077Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 January 2013

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and redevelopment to form 25 'Later Living' retirement apartments for older persons including communal facilities and associated car parking and landscaping.

Received
19 June 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
11
Council
West Somerset
Agent
The Planning Bureau Ltd
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 200 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Beechfield House, The Parks, Minehead, TA24 8BT. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 21 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Wellington Square conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 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
TA24 8BT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Minehead

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2012
Consultation expiry
22 October 2012
Consultation start
9 August 2012
Consultation end
22 October 2012
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2012
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2012
Last date for comments
21 September 2012
Target decision date
21 September 2012
Committee meeting
25 October 2012
Application expires
21 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
The Planning Bureau Ltd
Agent address
26-32 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8EZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Peeks
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2012
Advertisement expiry
22 October 2012
Site notice start
13 July 2012
Site notice end
22 October 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02024918
Documents
213
Constraints
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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