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Land East Of, Whitchey Drove, Cossington, Highbridge, Somerset

Granted Exmoor National Park 22/25/00005 Full Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Installation of scientific antenna array consisting of 24No. 18m tall slim galvanised steel poles with light wires strung between them, with 1No. large & 4No. small shipping containers to house scientific equipment, for a temporary period of 3 years.

As published by the council, reference 22/25/00005

Application record

Reference
22/25/00005
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Decided
4 Jul 2026
Parish
Cossington

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 22/21/00012 Withdrawn

    Land East Of, Whitchey Drove, Cossington, Highbridge, Somerset

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed installation of 3 no. above ground water tanks, associated pipework/drainage goods and formation of hardstanding area.

    Decided 15 Oct 2021 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 4 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

35 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 4 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    22/21/00012 Submitted 20 Sep 2021 300 yards away

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    Withdrawn Lawful development 4 docs

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