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Lodge Hill Farm Rodmead Lane Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1JQ

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2026/1559/PAA Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

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
Registered
Received
13 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council
Postcode
BA5 1JQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025.

  • 2025/1493/VRC Awaiting decision

    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).

    Submitted 14 Aug 2025 Amendments
  • 2025/0739/CLE Decided

    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.

    Decided 23 Jul 2025 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Aug 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 16 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 October 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 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

20 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What 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 outline applications in a median of 43 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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