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2 Church Square, Taunton

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 38/25/0035 Full Planning Permission

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Proposal

Installation of solar PV panels to roof slope with installation of battery storage and inverter to ground floor lobby at 2 Church Square, Taunton

As published by the council, reference 38/25/0035

Application record

Reference
38/25/0035
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Pending As published: Initially identified as a decision to be made by the Development Control Manager under delgated powers.
Received
29 Jan 2025
Validated
31 Jan 2025
Parish
Taunton

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 4 applications since 2004: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 38/25/0036/LB Awaiting decision

    2 Church Square, Taunton

    Installation of solar PV panels to roof slope with installation of battery storage and inverter to ground floor lobby at 2 Church Square, Taunton

    Submitted 29 Jan 2025 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 38/04/0513/A Refused

    2 CHURCH SQUARE, TAUNTON.

    RETENTION OF HALO LIT NIGHT CLUB SIGN "AURA" AT 2 CHURCH SQUARE, TAUNTON.

    Decided 17 Dec 2004 Advertising
  • 38/04/0512/LB Refused

    2 CHURCH SQUARE, TAUNTON.

    RETENTION OF 37 CM X 188 CM NIGHT CLUB SIGN "AURA" ON FRONT ELEVATION OF 2 CHURCH SQUARE, TAUNTON.

    Decided 17 Dec 2004 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 31 Jan 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 March 2025, 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.

Documents

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

18 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

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • 2 Church Square, Taunton

    38/25/0036/LB Submitted 29 Jan 2025 50 yards away

    90% historically approved · decision due ~28 Mar

    Installation of solar PV panels to roof slope with installation of battery storage and inverter to ground floor lobby at 2 Church Square, Taunton

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 16 docs

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