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6 Walpole Cottages, Bristol Road, Walpole, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4TF

Refused Exmoor National Park 41/26/00006 Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing sewage treatment plant and drainage pipes servicing. No. 5 Walpole, located to the rear of the garden belonging to No. 6 Walpole.

As published by the council, reference 41/26/00006

Application record

Reference
41/26/00006
Type
Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refuse Planning Permission
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Decided
18 Apr 2026
Parish
Pawlett
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TA6 4TF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 18 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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