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Beccombe Barns, Skilgate

ABD/30/25/001PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 May 2025

Council decision: Prior approval required and given subjecDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 2 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and for associated operational development

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Dulverton & Exmoor
Agent
XL Planning
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Beccombe Barns, Skilgate. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Dulverton & Exmoor.

81% of outline 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
PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Skilgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation expiry
25 February 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Consultation end
25 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2025
Last date for comments
31 March 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
XL Planning
Agent address
XL Planning Ltd, 1A Fore Street, Cullompton, EX15 1JW

Planning decision

Case officer
Rebecca McAndrew
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 February 2025
Site notice end
25 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13746900
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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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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