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Barn at Williton Allotments Field, Williton to Bridgwater Road, Williton, TA4 4RN

ABD/39/26/001PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling house (Class C3) and for associated operational development

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Watchet & Stogursey
Agent
Architectural Studio SW Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn at Williton Allotments Field, Williton to Bridgwater Road, Williton, TA4 4RN. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Watchet & Stogursey. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed development is not permitted development as it does not comply with the limitations or restrictions set out in Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. In particular, the building subject of the application is not suitable for conversion to residential use in its existing form and there has been no structural survey submitted to demonstrate that it is capable of conversion. The overall extent of works required in order for the building to form a dwellinghouse are substantial and go beyond what are reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TA4 4RN
Application type
PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Williton

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
7 April 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Architectural Studio SW Ltd
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO SW LTD
Agent address
Architectural Studio, 26 Friday Street, Minehead, TA24 5UE

Planning decision

Case officer
Briony Waterman
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 March 2026
Site notice start
27 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651602
Documents
16
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.

  • 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.

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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