Planning application
Waterside The Street Chilcompton Radstock Somerset BA3 4HB
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Development of excavation of land & construction of natural swimming pond 13m x 9m x 1.8m within curtilage of dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 2026/1331/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1331/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Use Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Development is not Lawful
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Mendip Hills Division
- Parish
- Chilcompton Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA3 4HB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jul 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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22 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Development is not Lawful
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Exmoor National Park refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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