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Wessex Filling Station Whitstone Hill To Fosse Way Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4LY

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2025/1685/VRC Variation or Removal of Conditions

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Proposal

Variation of conditions 21 (Hours of Use - Shop), 23 (Delivery Hours) and 25 (Noise) of Planning Consent 2021/1697/FUL

As published by the council, reference 2025/1685/VRC

Application record

Reference
2025/1685/VRC
Type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Status
Registered
Received
15 Sep 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Ward
Shepton Mallet Division
Parish
Shepton Mallet Town Council
Postcode
BA4 4LY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2025/1075/ADV Granted

    Wessex Filling Station Whitstone Hill To Fosse Way Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4LY

    Installation of 2no. illuminated fascia's, 5no. Sales building Graphics, 1no. illuminated 6m shopfront totem pole, 1 no. illuminated hanging sign, 1no. illuminated canopy sign, 1no. illuminated pump sign, 1no. 7m illuminated pole sign and 6 No. Free standing BP signs for directions.

    Decided 10 Oct 2025 Advertising
  • 2025/1022/APP Granted

    Wessex Filling Station Whitstone Hill To Fosse Way Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4LY

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Pollution Prevention Scheme) and 10 (Contaminated Land - Verification Report) on planning consent 2021/1697/FUL (Development of a replacement four pump (eight filling position) petrol filling station & associated works including jet wash, electric vehicle charging bays, air/water services & vacuum equipment).

    Decided 9 Jul 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Sep 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 3 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 November 2025, 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 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

JMS Planning & Development Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Halesworth

Active · incorporated 2015 · Halesworth

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Documents

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

6 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 amendment applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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