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Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ

Granted Exmoor National Park 2025/0739/CLE Certificate of Use Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use for the removal of the agricultural occupancy condition.

As published by the council, reference 2025/0739/CLE

Application record

Reference
2025/0739/CLE
Type
Certificate of Use Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Development is Lawful
Received
15 Apr 2025
Validated
15 Apr 2025
Decided
23 Jul 2025
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BA5 1JQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 2026/1559/PAA Refused

    Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ

    Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of 3no. agricultural buildings to 10no. dwellinghouses (Class C3).

    Decided 30 Sep 2026 Outline
  • 2025/1493/VRC Granted

    Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ

    Removal of condition 2 (Occupation of the dwelling limited to a person employed or last employed in agriculture or forestry) relating to planning permission 104878/001 dated 24/10/1985 for (Erection of farmhouse and garage).

    Decided 8 Oct 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Apr 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 23 Jul 2025

    Decision issued: Development is Lawful

  3. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Salmon Planning Company Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Wells

Active · incorporated 2003 · Wells

306 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 88% granted

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Documents

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9 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 23 July 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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