Pirate Ship Play Area, Warren Road, Minehead, TA24 5BG
Approved on 16 February 2023
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of 2 No. canopy shelters over seating platforms with associated works (amended scheme to 3/21/20/096)
- Received
- 5 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- (SWT)Minehead Central
- Agent
- Squirrels Architecture & Agroecology Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Pirate Ship Play Area, Warren Road, Minehead, TA24 5BG. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Wellington Square conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5BG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Minehead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2023
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Squirrels Architecture & Agroecology Ltd
- Architect profile
- SQUIRRELS ARCHITECTURE AND AGROECOLOGY LTD
- Agent address
- Higher Barn Farm, Slade Lane, Roadwater, Watchet, TA23 0LY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 February 2023
- Site notice start
- 20 January 2023
- Site notice end
- 10 February 2023
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Wellington Square
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, 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.
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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