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Church Lodge, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DS

3/38/13/007Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2014

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house to use in conjunction with St. Audries Park for overnight accommodation for guests attending weddings at St. Audries Park

Received
9 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
West Quantoxhead (WSC)
Agent
Tim Harbord Associates
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Church Lodge, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DS. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days 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. 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
13 December 2013
Consultation expiry
27 January 2014
Consultation start
6 January 2014
Consultation end
27 January 2014
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2013
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2014
Last date for comments
7 February 2014
Target decision date
7 February 2014
Application expires
7 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Harbord Associates
Agent address
1 Constable Court, Barn Street, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 December 2013
Advertisement expiry
27 January 2014
Site notice start
20 December 2013
Site notice end
27 January 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03041616
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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.

Source: West Somerset

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