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Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 04/26/0001 Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling Demolition Domestic

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Proposal

Demolition of agricultural buildings and erection of 1 No. detached dwelling (to replace Class Q approval 04/25/0003CQ) at Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

As published by the council, reference 04/26/0001

Application record

Reference
04/26/0001
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Pending As published: Initially identified as a decision to be made by the Development Control Manager under delgated powers.
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Parish
Bickenhall

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023.

  • 04/25/0001 Withdrawn

    Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Demolition of agricultural buildings and erection of 1 No. dwelling (to replace Class Q Prior Approval 04/24/0004CQ), with planting of orchard at Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Submitted 19 Feb 2025 Full applications
  • 04/23/0002/CQ Withdrawn

    Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Application for Prior Approval for proposed change of use from agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling house (Class C3) and associated building operations at Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Submitted 26 Jun 2023

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Mar 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 4 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Exmoor National Park took a median of 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

27 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Exmoor National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exmoor National Park decided full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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Nearby applications

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  • Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    04/25/0001 Submitted 19 Feb 2025 50 yards away

    Demolition of agricultural buildings and erection of 1 No. dwelling (to replace Class Q Prior Approval 04/24/0004CQ), with planting of orchard at Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Withdrawn Full applications Demolition 36 docs
    Domestic
  • Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    04/23/0002/CQ Submitted 26 Jun 2023 50 yards away

    Application for Prior Approval for proposed change of use from agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling house (Class C3) and associated building operations at Park Farm, Grughay Lane, Bickenhall

    Withdrawn 18 docs
    Domestic
  • Park Lane Cottage, 301 New Road, Bickenhall

    04/19/0013/AGN Submitted 15 Nov 2019 350 yards away

    Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building for storage of machinery and livestock fodder at Park Lane Cottage, 301 New Road, Bickenhall

    Granted Other 11 docs
  • Park Lane Cottage, 301 New Road, Bickenhall

    04/19/0012 Submitted 21 Oct 2019 350 yards away

    Erection of a two storey extension to the side of Park Lane Cottage, 301 New Road, Bickenhall (amended scheme to 04/19/0009)

    Granted Full applications Extension 13 docs

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