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Burton Place, Taunton

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 38/26/0146 Retention of Building/Works etc.

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Proposal

Change of use of the vehicle garages associated with the former Taunton police station (Sui Generis) to a mixed used comprising of a car workshop (Use Class B2) storage (Use Class B8) and light industrial uses (Use Class E(g(iii)) on land at Burton Place, Taunton (retention of part works already undertaken)

As published by the council, reference 38/26/0146

Application record

Reference
38/26/0146
Type
Retention of Building/Works etc.
Status
Pending As published: Initially identified as a decision to be made by the Development Control Manager under delgated powers.
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Parish
Taunton

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 May 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 July 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.

Documents

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

14 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's median decision took 44 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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