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Sycamore Farm Stud Burges Hill Stoke St Michael Shepton Mallet Somerset BA3 5JX

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2025/1686/CLE Certificate of Use Existing

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use as mixed use of land for commercial and private equestrian and residential uses

As published by the council, reference 2025/1686/CLE

Application record

Reference
2025/1686/CLE
Type
Certificate of Use Existing
Status
Registered
Received
15 Sep 2025
Validated
10 Oct 2025
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Parish
Stoke St Michael Parish Council
Postcode
BA3 5JX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Sep 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 10 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 5 December 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 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Wells

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Documents

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

11 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 lawful development applications in a median of 35 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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