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St Etheldredas Church, Church Road, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DS

3/38/20/012Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 March 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of field to graveyard

Received
30 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
West Somerset
Ward
(SWT)Quantock Vale
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Etheldredas Church, Church Road, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DS. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer 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
23 December 2020
Consultation expiry
17 February 2021
Consultation start
27 January 2021
Consultation end
17 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2021
Last date for comments
17 February 2021
Target decision date
17 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 February 2021
Site notice end
17 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09287622
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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