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Land At 356471 146398 Knapp Hill Wells Somerset

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2026/1705/CLE Certificate of Use Existing

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Proposal

Construction work in the course of the erection of a building; the excavation of a trench intended to house the foundations, and the installation of them. Please refer to the Planning Statement submitted with this application for more information.

As published by the council, reference 2026/1705/CLE

Application record

Reference
2026/1705/CLE
Type
Certificate of Use Existing
Status
Registered
Received
8 Sep 2026
Validated
8 Sep 2026
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Sep 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 13 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 November 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 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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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Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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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 lawful development applications in a median of 42 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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