Planning application
Land And Buildings At Haskins Retail Park Townsend Shepton Mallet Somerset
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of a freestanding restaurant/takeaway with drive-thru facility, car parking, landscaping & associated works, inc. Customer Order Displays (COD); Change of Use of former car showroom (Class Sui Generis), to 2no. retail units (Class E), & associated works to vehicle parking areas.
As published by the council, reference 2026/1388/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1388/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Shepton Mallet Division
- Parish
- Shepton Mallet Town Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 4 applications since 2026.
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2026/1757/ADV Awaiting decision
Land And Buildings At Haskins Retail Park Townsend Shepton Mallet Somerset
Installation of 2no. new totem signs and 1no. wall mounted 'Golden Arch'. Relocation of existing Haskins Retail Park estate sign to include McDonalds' appendage & reconfiguration of existing signage.
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2026/1755/ADV Awaiting decision
Land And Buildings At Haskins Retail Park Townsend Shepton Mallet Somerset
Installation of internally illuminated signage to comprise of 4no facia signs, 3no booth lettering, 1no digital booth screen, , yellow soffit lights.
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2026/1756/ADV Awaiting decision
Land And Buildings At Haskins Retail Park Townsend Shepton Mallet Somerset
Various site signage including 4no. freestanding signs, 1no.banner unit & 15no. DOT signs
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 September 2026, 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 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Planware Limited Agent, registered in Bury St. Edmunds
Active · incorporated 2001 · Bury St. Edmunds
768 applications on PlanIndex · across 152 councils · 97% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
67 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 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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Land And Buildings At Haskins Retail Park Townsend Shepton Mallet Somerset
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