Land at Fernacre, Station Road, Withycombe, Bilbrook
Approved on 23 July 2025
Council decision: Prior approval required and given subjecDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for prior notification for the erection of an agricultural grain store and track
- Received
- 23 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Dunster
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation22 Jul
- TargetTarget Date12 Aug
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land at Fernacre, Station Road, Withycombe, Bilbrook. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Dunster.
81% of outline 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
- Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Old Cleeve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 1 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 22 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Bondstones
- Agent address
- The Old Library, Hestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8LG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chris Mitchell
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 22 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13656450
- Documents
- 41
- Constraints
- 5
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.
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© 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.
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© 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: West Somerset
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