Pumping Station 294m from Bowhayes Lodge, Minehead to Williton Road, Williton
Approved on 20 November 2025
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of land for storage of vehicles
- Received
- 3 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Agent
- GP Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date28 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Pumping Station 294m from Bowhayes Lodge, Minehead to Williton Road, Williton. West Somerset has handled 59 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Watchet & Stogursey.
83% of amendment 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
- Application type
- Lawful Dev Certificate Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Williton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- GP Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- iCon Innovation Centre, Eastern Way, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 0QB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Anthony Pick
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 October 2025
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: West Somerset
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