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Vennland Business Park, Mart Road, Minehead

3/21/25/053Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 December 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial) to Class B8 (Storage or Distribution), together with associated minor external alterations

Received
23 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Minehead
Agent
Hybrid Planning & Development
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vennland Business Park, Mart Road, Minehead. 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 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Minehead.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Minehead

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2025
Last date for comments
29 December 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Hybrid Planning & Development
Agent address
Studio 11, 6-8 Cole Street, London, SE1 4YH

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Webster
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 November 2025
Site notice end
25 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14363691
Comments
0
Documents
21
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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