Planning application
Former Battens Solicitors And BBC Building Mansion House And Magnolia House 54 - 56 Princes Street Yeovil Somerset BA20 1EP
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to to provide 22 self-contained flats (Use Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 26/01650/P3MA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01650/P3MA
- Type
- PA COU Class E to Dwelling
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- YEOVIL SOUTH
- Parish
- Yeovil
- Postcode
- BA20 1EP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 September 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
3bd Architects Agent, an architecture practice
55 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 93% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
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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
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