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4 High Street, Stogumber, TA4 3TA

3/31/24/006Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 August 2024

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from residential to shop, demolition of lean-to rear porch, erection of extension to the rear for store room, removal of modern staircase (to increase retail area) and construction of staircase in rear extension with widening of opening in the internal wall that divides ground floor front and rear rooms to create retail area, removal of modern stone-cladding from ground floor front chimney breast, construction of ramp within entry lobby for disabled access, replacement of front ground and first floor windows and installation of exterior shop and Post Office signage

Received
17 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Dunster
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 4 High Street, Stogumber, TA4 3TA. West Somerset has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Stogumber conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Dunster. We hold 629 applications in total for the TA4 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
TA4 3TA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stogumber

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2024
Consultation expiry
1 August 2024
Consultation start
26 June 2024
Consultation end
1 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2024
Last date for comments
20 August 2024
Target decision date
20 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 August 2024
Site notice start
11 July 2024
Site notice end
1 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13067486
Documents
22
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Stogumber
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    17 Jun

    Change of use from residential to shop, erection of extension to the rear for store room and replacement of…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside3/31/24/005
  2. 2024
    17 Jun

    Change of use from residential to shop, demolition of lean-to rear porch, erection of extension to the rear…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage3/31/24/006

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