Planning application
Strawberry Fields Eastville Lane Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3TE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use from Residential (C3) to Children's Home (C2)
As published by the council, reference 2025/2004/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2004/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 5 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 5 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Parish
- Rodney Stoke Parish Council
- Postcode
- BS27 3TE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Nov 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 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
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The Smith Hotchen Partnership Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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