Hill Farm, 3 Brook Street, Stogumber, TA4 3SZ
Refused on 12 February 2024
Council decision: Prior approval is required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 5 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and for associated operational development
- Received
- 20 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Dunster
- Agent
- Aspire Planning Solutions Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Dec
- Consult.Consultation16 Jan
- TargetTarget Date14 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Hill Farm, 3 Brook Street, Stogumber, TA4 3SZ. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Stogumber conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Dunster. We hold 629 applications in total for the TA4 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- TA4 3SZ
- Application type
- PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouse
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stogumber
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 16 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 21 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 14 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Aspire Planning Solutions Ltd
- Agent address
- 45, Greenway, CREDITON, EX17 3LP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 26 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 16 January 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Stogumber
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 Aug
Conversion of Grade II listed barn and redevelopment of farm buildings into a residential development of 5…
ApprovedListed building consent3/31/25/016 - 20255 Aug
Conversion of Grade II listed barn and redevelopment of farm buildings into a residential development of 5…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission3/31/25/015 - 202316 May
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 4 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and for…
RefusedPA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouseABD/31/23/001 - 201811 Apr
Application for a prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building to house a grain drier
ApprovedPrior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)3/31/18/008
Source: West Somerset
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