The Windmill Inn, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DS
Approved on 7 September 2012
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed redevelopment of existing bar/restaurant to provide hotel bedroom accommodation and new function room & restaurant along with associated facilities including replacement managers accommodation.
- Received
- 23 July 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- West Quantoxhead (WSC)
- Agent
- Reed Holland Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation7 Sep
- TargetTarget Date27 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Windmill Inn, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DS. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 4DS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Quantoxhead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 August 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 7 September 2012
- Consultation start
- 17 August 2012
- Consultation end
- 7 September 2012
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 August 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 September 2012
- Last date for comments
- 27 September 2012
- Target decision date
- 27 September 2012
- Application expires
- 27 September 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Reed Holland Associates Ltd
- Architect profile
- REED HOLLAND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Agent address
- Somerset House, Middle Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1SH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 August 2012
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 September 2012
- Site notice start
- 10 August 2012
- Site notice end
- 7 September 2012
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Quantock Hills
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: West Somerset
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