Planning application
The Laurels Westfield Lane Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3TN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 1 - Plans List (Compliance) of Planning Consent 2023/2088/FUL (Replacement of the existing 21-bed residential care home and adjoining land with a new 49-bed care home together with communal, support and staff spaces and associated works. (Re-submission of 2023/0278/FUL))
As published by the council, reference 2025/0324/VRC
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0324/VRC
- Type
- Variation or Removal of Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 21 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2025
- Decided
- 16 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Parish
- Rodney Stoke Parish Council
- Decision by
- Planning Board
- Postcode
- BS27 3TN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0063/APP Split decision
The Laurels Westfield Lane Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3TN
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Surface Water Drainage System) 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) 6 (Construction Management Plan) 8 (Electric Vehicle Charging) 10 (Materials) 18 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) 20 (Habitat Enhancement) 22 (Supervision of Works - Protected Species) and 23 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) on planning consent 2025/0324/VRC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Feb 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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25 Feb 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approval
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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2026/0063/APP Split decision
The Laurels Westfield Lane Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3TN
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Surface Water Drainage System) 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) 6 (Construction Management Plan) 8 (Electric Vehicle Charging) 10 (Materials) 18 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) 20 (Habitat Enhancement) 22 (Supervision of Works - Protected Species) and 23 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) on planning consent 2025/0324/VRC
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4 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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22 documents on file for this application
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Exmoor National Park granted permission on 16 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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