The Coach House, Lower Bilbrook Lane to Monks Path, Old Cleeve, TA24 6HH
Refused on 22 July 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of The Coach House as 1 No. dwelling
- Received
- 4 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Dunster
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date29 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 505 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Coach House, Lower Bilbrook Lane to Monks Path, Old Cleeve, TA24 6HH. West Somerset has handled 59 applications of this type. This one was decided in 505 days, 64 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Dunster. We hold 1,196 applications in total for the TA24 postcode area.
83% of amendment applications at West Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The evidence submitted with the application fails to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that The Coach House has operated solely as a dwellinghouse for the requisite period prescribed by Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Having regard to the evidence submitted and the Council's own records, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the claimed lawful use has been established. The application therefore fails to meet the requirements for the grant of a Certificate of Lawful Existing Development and is refused. First Schedule: DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL - Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of The Coach House as 1 No. dwelling Second Schedule: The Coach House, Lower Bilbrook Lane to Monks Path, Old Cleeve, TA24 6HH Bill Cotton, Planning Director (Interim), Somerset Council Issued by Somerset Planning - West Team Date: 22 July 2026
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- TA24 6HH
- Application type
- Lawful Dev Certificate Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Old Cleeve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Teagan Darvill
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 April 2025
- Site notice end
- 7 April 2025
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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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.
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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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Somerset
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