Planning application
Orchard Barn Woodford Farm Road Woodford Wells Somerset BA5 1QQ
Works: Extension Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
First floor rear extension, and alterations to existing dwellinghouse.
As published by the council, reference 2025/2167/HSE
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2167/HSE
- Type
- Householder Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Parish
- St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA5 1QQ
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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2026/1414/VRC Awaiting decision
Orchard Barn Woodford Farm Road Woodford Wells Somerset BA5 1QQ
Variation of condition 2 (Plans List) and condition 3 (Materials) on consent 2025/2167/HSE (First floor rear extension, and alterations to existing dwellinghouse).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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21 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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2026/1414/VRC Awaiting decision
Orchard Barn Woodford Farm Road Woodford Wells Somerset BA5 1QQ
Variation of condition 2 (Plans List) and condition 3 (Materials) on consent 2025/2167/HSE (First floor rear extension, and alterations to existing dwellinghouse).
Who's behind it
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Hill Reading Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Wells
Active · incorporated 2007 · Wells
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 21 January 2026, 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 householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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