Grove House Crewkerne Road Chard Somerset TA20 4DL

1. 8 Sep 2026

   Received by Exmoor National Park

2. 17 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 25 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 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.

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.

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.

• The Playing Fields, Land off Crewkerne Road and The Drift, Chard, TA20 4DL.

  SCC/4055/2023/cond3&5 Submitted 23 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Discharge of condition 3 (Drainage Condition - Full Drainage Plan) and condition 5 (Transport Condition - Various maps showing the route that the material will be bought) of Planning Permission SCC/4055/2023

  Granted Conditions 9 docs

• Pine Tree Crewkerne Road Chard TA20 4DR

  21/02739/HOU Submitted 7 Sep 2021 0.3 miles away

  Erection of front and rear single storey extensions

  Granted Householder Extension 21 docs
  Small domestic

• 2026/1451/CLP Granted

  2 Fowen Close Street Somerset BA16 0FY

  Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use as single dwellinghouse under use class C3(b).

  Received 30 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 07/26/00014 Granted

  YARLINGTON BARN, DOBUNNI FARM, Wick Road, Lympsham, Weston-super-mare, Somerset, BS24 0HA

  Certificate of Lawfulness for confirming the material start to development under planning permission (Ref: 07/24/00001) by clearance and excavation and stoning of the site for a Materials Storage Compound (see RAMMS) and adjacent access track on 14 July 2026.

  Received 28 Aug, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 31/26/00006 Granted

  Former Batch Nurseries, Rectory Way, Lympsham, Weston-super-mare, Somerset, BS24 0ES

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use and occupation of caravan as a residential unit for in excess of ten years.

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/1471/CLP Granted

  Moorland House Bay Lane Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3TA

  Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for the demolition of the existing single-storey rear porch and replacement with a single-storey rear extension.

  Received 3 Aug, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/1733/CLE Granted

  15 Apple Meadow View Park Hayes Leigh On Mendip Shepton Mallet Somerset BA3 5GP

  Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development to confirm that works granted consent on 2023/1447/HSE have commenced within the time limit set and can be lawfully completed.

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Lawful development