Planning application
Land Adjacent to the Gas Substation, Smithyard Lane, Williton, TA23 0NA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of Condition No. 02 (approved plans) and No. 20 (to change the wording of the Noise Technical note) of application 3/39/24/021
As published by the council, reference 3/39/25/024
Application record
- Reference
- 3/39/25/024
- Type
- Variation of conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 18 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 13 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Parish
- Williton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TA23 0NA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Dec 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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13 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Grant
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 3/39/24/021 (Decided)
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Aardvark EM Ltd Agent, registered in Ottery St Mary
Active · incorporated 1997 · Ottery St Mary
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
39 documents on file for this application
- DECISION LETTER FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 15
- APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 15
- MATERIAL FINISHES
- LETTER WITH SCHEDULE OF UPDATED PLANS
- MITIGATION PLAN
- MITIGATION PLAN - BUND CROSSECTIONS
- IMPERMEABLE AREAS PLAN
- PROPOSED PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- COMMENT FROM ENV HEALTH 11 FEB 2026
- MITIGATION PLAN BUND CROSSSECTIONS
- MITIGATION PLAN
- PROPOSED PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- IMPERMEABLE AREA PLANS
- COMMENTS FROM WALES AND WEST UTILITIES 26 JAN 2026
- EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
- WALES & WEST UTILITES PLAN
- COMMENTS FROM WILLITON PARISH COUNCIL 16 JAN 2026
- COMMENTS FROM ECOLOGY SERVICES 08 JAN 2026
- COMMENTS FROM FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE 07 JAN 2026
- COMMENTS FROM HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE
- COMMENTS FROM HIGHWAYS
- COMMENTS FROM OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION 19 DEC 2025
- TECHNICAL NOTE S73
- COVERING LETTER
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY
- APPLICATION FORM
- TRANSFORMER
- SWITCH ROOM
- CCTV COLUMN
- TESLA MEGAPACK BATTERY UNIT
- AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER
- ACOUSTIC FENCE
- LOCATION PLAN
- SUBSTATION
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- COMMENTS FROM ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 17 DEC 2025
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 13 February 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.
About amendment applications
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