Planning application
West Down Orchard Touring Park Lopenhead South Petherton Somerset TA13 5JH
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Proposal
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development for the following proposed use: Proposed mixed use of West Down Orchard Park for touring caravans for holiday periods and 32 touring or static caravans for main or sole permanent residence.
As published by the council, reference 26/02116/COL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02116/COL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2026
- Ward
- SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR
- Parish
- South Petherton
- Postcode
- TA13 5JH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02248/COL Granted
West Down Orchard Touring Park Lopenhead South Petherton Somerset TA13 5JH
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an "Existing Use of West Down Orchard Park for mixed use of the site for touring caravans and camping site for holiday periods and the use of up to 20 static caravans for permanent residential use."
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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30 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 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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Laister Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Banbury
Active · incorporated 2020 · Banbury
139 applications on PlanIndex · across 48 councils · 86% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
Nearby applications
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West Down Orchard Touring Park Lopenhead South Petherton Somerset TA13 5JH
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an "Existing Use of West Down Orchard Park for mixed use of the site for touring caravans and camping site for holiday periods and the use of up to 20 static caravans for permanent residential use."
Granted Lawful development 10 docs -
West Down Orchard Touring Park Old A303 Lopen South Petherton Somerset TA13 5JH
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development for the following proposed use: "Proposed mixed use of West Down Orchard Park for touring caravans and camping for holiday periods and 20 static caravans for main or sole permanent residence."
Granted Lawful development 13 docs -
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