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Land Centred Coordinates 344257 117933 Pitway Hill South Petherton Somerset

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 25/02976/FUL Full Application

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Proposal

Retrospective Application for the Change of Use of Land to a Glamping Site for Two Pitches with Tents at Carp Fishing Lake with the formation of a hardstanding parking area.

As published by the council, reference 25/02976/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/02976/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR
Parish
South Petherton

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00808/COL Granted

    Land Centred Coordinates 344257 117933 Pitway Hill South Petherton Somerset

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use following completed engineering operations of Lake Enlargement: The joining of two existing lakes to form a single enlarged fishing lake including associated earthworks. Earthworks: The placement and profiling of excavated material to form the current landform. Hardstanding and Access Track: The formation of a stone-surfaced track and associated hardstanding area.

    Decided 8 May 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 30 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 27 March 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

Witcombe Design & Planning Agent, a planning consultancy

Active · incorporated 2003

9 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils

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Documents

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

26 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 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 Centred Coordinates 344257 117933 Pitway Hill South Petherton Somerset

    26/00808/COL Submitted 8 Apr 2026 50 yards away

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    Granted Lawful development 11 docs

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