Planning application
Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of 3no. agricultural buildings to 10no. dwellinghouses (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 2026/1559/PAA
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1559/PAA
- Type
- Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval Refused
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 30 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Parish
- Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA5 1JQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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2025/1493/VRC Granted
Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ
Removal of condition 2 (Occupation of the dwelling limited to a person employed or last employed in agriculture or forestry) relating to planning permission 104878/001 dated 24/10/1985 for (Erection of farmhouse and garage).
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2025/0739/CLE Granted
Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ
Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use for the removal of the agricultural occupancy condition.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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16 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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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.
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