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Land off Hopcott Road, Minehead

VSC/21/26/001Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for Modification or Discharge of a Planning Obligation (Section 106 Agreement) to address the level of affordable housing on site pursuant to application 3/21/13/120

Received
1 July 2026
Public comments
6 · last counted 20 October 2026
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Minehead
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Land off Hopcott Road, Minehead. West Somerset has handled 2,128 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wellington Square conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Minehead.

Application details

Parish
Minehead

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Karen Wray

Additional information

Documents
12

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wellington Square

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, 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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