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Shore Edge Cottage, St Audries, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DX

3/38/20/004Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey wraparound extension to the west and south elevations and rebuilding of the retaining wall in a set back position to the south-west

Received
27 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
West Somerset
Ward
(SWT)Quantock Vale
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Shore Edge Cottage, St Audries, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DX. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. 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 4DX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Quantoxhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2020
Consultation expiry
20 April 2020
Consultation start
30 March 2020
Consultation end
20 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2020
Last date for comments
25 May 2020
Target decision date
25 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 April 2020
Site notice end
20 April 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08617325
Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

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, 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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