Hill Farm, 3 Brook Street, Stogumber, TA4 3SZ
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions
Proposal
Conversion of Grade II listed barn and redevelopment of farm buildings into a residential development of 5 No. dwellings with associated works
- Received
- 5 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Dunster
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation17 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Oct
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 237 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Hill Farm, 3 Brook Street, Stogumber, TA4 3SZ. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 240 days, 26 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Stogumber conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.
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
- TA4 3SZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stogumber
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Carter Jonas
- Agent address
- Quad 4000, Blackbrook Business Park, TAUNTON, TA1 2PX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gemma Webster
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 21 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 17 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14223826
- Documents
- 45
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Stogumber
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202320 Dec
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 5 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and for…
RefusedPA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouseABD/31/23/002 - 202316 May
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 4 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and for…
RefusedPA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouseABD/31/23/001 - 201811 Apr
Application for a prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building to house a grain drier
ApprovedPrior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)3/31/18/008
Source: West Somerset
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Consultants on this application
- Carter Jonas LLP · Agent for this application
- 11.8 miTaunton
- 14.7 miTiverton
- 22.0 miPenarth
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